Patent ID: 7796604
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: a search unit configured to search wireless communication devices for each of plural channels provided for establishing an ad hoc network; a measuring unit configured to measure a receiving level of wireless signals received from the devices found by the search; an allocation unit configured to generate an allocation result for the channels through which the wireless signals are received from the devices by adding a predetermined weight to each of the channels based on a strength of the measured receiving level of the wireless signals; a calculating unit configured to calculate a radio interference power for each of the channels based on the allocation result obtained by the allocation unit, the calculating unit calculating the radio interference power of a channel X using a relationship: (R an establishing unit configured to select the channel having a smallest radio interference power as calculated by the calculating unit and establish the ad hoc network for the selected channel.