Patent ID: 8452287
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication system, which includes a plurality of access points, a management apparatus that manages processing loads of the plurality of said access points, and a parameter setting control apparatus that manages parameter information required to make a communication between a client terminal and the access point, wherein said management apparatus comprises: a collecting unit configured to collect information related to client terminals associated to each of the access points from each of the access points; a detecting unit configured to detect processing load of each of the access points, based on the information collected by the collecting unit, and a notification unit configured to notify said parameter setting control apparatus of switching of an associate destination to a second access point by a first client terminal which is selected based on predetermined priority order among client terminals associated with a first access point, in accordance with the processing load of the first access point and the processing load of the second access point, and wherein said parameter setting control apparatus comprises: a transmission unit configured to transmit authentication information used in setting processing of parameter information required to communicate with the second access point to the first client terminal based on the notification, wherein said management apparatus determines whether or not the first client terminal completes the switching of an associate destination to the second access point after said transmission unit transmitted the authentication information to the first client terminal, and if the first client terminal failed to the switching of an associate destination to the second access point, said management apparatus sets the priority order of the first client terminal to be lower order.