Patent ID: 8406208

Claim:
A first communication apparatus comprising: a connection unit that connects to a first network constructed by a base station; a first determination unit that determines whether or not communication is in progress with a second communication apparatus other than apparatuses under the control of the base station, via the base station after connecting to the first network by the connection unit; a second determination unit that determines whether to operate as a base station of a second network or to operate as a station connected to the base station of the second network; and a construction unit that operates as the base station of the second network while maintaining the connection with the first network to construct the second network in a case where it is determined to operate as the base station of the second network by the second determination unit, wherein it is determined to operate as the base station of the second network by the second determination unit and the construction unit tries to construct the second network as the base station while maintaining the connection with the first network, in a case where it is determined that communication is in progress with the second communication apparatus by the first determination unit when the first communication apparatus communicates with a third communication apparatus connected to the first network.