Patent ID: 8706829
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus, comprising: a searching unit configured to search for a master device of a network; a master unit configured to become the master device of the network, if the master device does not exist in the network based on a search result of the search unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a display unit capability information from the master device, if the master device exists in the network based on the search result of the search unit; a comparing unit configured to compare a display unit capability of the communication apparatus with the display unit capability of the master device, based on the display unit capability information obtained by the obtaining unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the communication apparatus is to newly become the master device, based on a comparison result of the comparing unit; a restart unit configured to restart an operation for deciding on a new master device with the master device, based on the determination by the determination unit; and a setting unit configured to set a start time of an operation for newly deciding on the master device, wherein the setting unit sets the start time of the communication apparatus to a smaller value than the start time of another communication apparatus in a case that the communication apparatus newly becomes the master device.