Patent ID: 8798020
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04W,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A communication device comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether a role of the communication device is a first role or a second role based on a comparison of first information of the communication device with second information received from another communication device; a base station unit configured to operate as a base station; a station unit configured to operate as a slave station which is connected to a base station; a providing unit configured to operate as a providing device that provides a communication parameter; and a receiving unit configured to operate as a receiving device that receives a communication parameter from a providing device, wherein the communication device is configured to operate as a base station and a providing device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the first role, and the communication device is configured to operate as a slave station and a receiving device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the second role.