Patent ID: 8743798
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04K,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device used to establish wireless communication between at least two LANs, the wireless communication device comprising: an interfering radio signal detection module configured to detect a radio signal causing interference at a currently used wireless communication channel; a channel change module configured to, in response to detection of the radio signal causing interference, change a channel used for wireless communication between the at least two LANs, from the currently used wireless communication channel to a newly allocated channel specified among multiple available channels, within a preset time period; a newly allocated channel notification module configured to notify the other end of communication of the newly allocated channel; and a non-interference check module configured to, prior to a start of using the newly allocated channel for communication, perform a non-interference check operation and confirm absence of a radio signal causing interference at the newly allocated channel for a predetermined time period, wherein on every occasion of a channel change to a newly allocated channel, the newly allocated channel notification module notifies the other end of communication of the newly allocated channel, wherein on completion of the non-interference check operation performed by the non-interference check module, the newly allocated channel notification module utilizes the newly allocated channel itself to notify the other end of communication of the newly allocated channel at a time of changing the channel used for wireless communication to the newly allocated channel, and during the non-interference check operation performed by the non-interference check module, the newly allocated channel notification module does not notify the other end of communication of the newly allocated channel at the time of changing the channel used for wireless communication to the newly allocated channel.