Patent ID: 8532022

Claim:
A wireless station connectable with other wireless stations and a plurality of wireless apparatuses for controlling communication with the wireless station, the wireless station comprising: a detecting module for detecting information from the other wireless stations, the information indicating the wireless apparatuses connectable to the other wireless stations, wherein a wireless apparatus is connectable to a wireless station when the wireless station has received an identification number from the wireless apparatus, but is not connected to the wireless station; an updating module for updating a table stored in the wireless station indicating the wireless apparatuses that are connected to and that are connectable to the other wireless stations on the basis of the detected information; a receiving module for receiving a connection request from one of the wireless apparatuses; a determining module for determining to send no response corresponding to the connection request when a number of the wireless apparatuses connected to the wireless station exceeds a predetermined number and the one of the wireless apparatuses is connectable to the other wireless stations on the basis of the table; and a sending module for sending no response to the one of the wireless apparatuses on the basis of the determination of the determining module.