Patent ID: 8155038

Claim:
A wireless communication method comprising: causing a second wireless terminal having a control function with respect to a first wireless terminal to transmit a first control packet to the first wireless terminal referring to a priority table holding a transmission priority order for each kind of the packet to be transmitted to the first wireless terminal, the first control packet being a packet for receiving a first data packet from the first wireless terminal making Bluetooth communications; causing the first wireless terminal to transmit the first data packet to the second wireless terminal in response to the first control packet; causing the second wireless terminal to further transmit a second control packet for receiving a second data packet to the first wireless terminal according to the priority table after receiving the first data packet; and causing the second wireless terminal to search a third wireless terminal according to the priority table after the reception of the second data packet from the first wireless terminal ends; wherein the transmitting the first control packet includes: reserving a transmission of the first control packet; confirming whether or not a reservation except the first control packet is made at the same time; referring to the priority table when the reservation is made; selecting the reservation having the highest priority in the priority table; and allowing an execution of a reservation when the reservation of transmitting the first control packet is selected, and the transmitting the second control packet includes: reserving a transmission of the second control packet; confirming whether or not a reservation except the second control packet is made at the same time; referring to the priority table when the reservation is made; selecting the reservation having the highest priority in the priority table; and allowing an execution of a reservation when the reservation of transmitting the second control packet is selected.