Patent ID: 7583651
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06F,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus capable of structuring an ad-hoc wireless network, comprising: a transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit and receive a common broadcast signal; a node counting unit configured to determine the number x of communication nodes existing in a communication range of the wireless communication apparatus, the communication nodes including the wireless communication apparatus; and a transmission interval control unit configured to adjust a transmission interval of the common broadcast signal to be transmitted depending on the number x of communication nodes determined by the node counting unit, wherein in response to the node counting unit detecting one additional communication nodes in the communication range and incrementing the number x of communication nodes by one, the transmission interval control unit is configured to adjust the transmission interval to be equal to a product of a predefined initial transmission interval and (x+1).