Patent ID: 8825103
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device for wirelessly communicating with other wireless communication devices by using a wireless network communication function, the device comprising: a wireless communication section that transmits and receives a radio signal transmitted from the other wireless communication devices; a quality measuring section that measures reception quality of the radio signal received by said wireless communication section; a quality information transmitting section that transmits reception quality information indicating the reception quality measured by said quality measuring section to the other wireless communication devices through said wireless communication section; a device number calculating section that calculates, based on reception quality indicated by reception quality information transmitted from the other wireless communication devices and the reception quality measured by said quality measuring section, a number of wireless communication devices, from among the other wireless communication devices, that can communicate with the wireless communication device; and a power value determining section that compares the number of the wireless communication devices calculated by said device number calculating section with a predetermined number of devices, to determine, on the basis of a comparison result, a transmission power value for said wireless communication section to transmit the radio signal, wherein said wireless communication section transmits the radio signal by using transmission power of the transmission power value determined by said power value determining section.