Patent ID: 7729293
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus adapted to communicate with a first control station that manages resources of a first network and to manage resources of a second network, the apparatus comprising: first address information comparing means for comparing address information uniquely identifying the first control station with address information uniquely identifying the wireless communication apparatus; communication control means for performing communication control in accordance with resource assignment information transmitted by the first control station in response to the first address information comparing means determining that an address uniquely identifying the wireless communication apparatus is newer than an address uniquely identifying the first control station thereby determining that the wireless communication apparatus is a newer model than the first control station; and second address information comparing means for comparing address information uniquely identifying a communication station of the second network with the address information uniquely identifying the wireless communication apparatus; resource assignment means for performing resource assignment in response to a transmission request received from the communication station of a second network and in response to the second address information comparing means determining that the address uniquely identifying the wireless communication apparatus is not newer than an address uniquely identifying the communication station thereby determining that the wireless communication apparatus is not a newer model than the communication station.