Patent ID: 8081653

Claim:
A method of controlling a wireless communication adapter having a cable interface to which a terminal is connected and a wireless communication interface by which the terminal communicates via a wireless network, comprising: receiving a message of terminal information including information indicating whether or not a terminal supports a real-time transmission protocol; determining whether wireless communication by the real-time transmission protocol is directly performed, in accordance with the terminal information received in the receiving step; checking whether the terminal connected to the cable interface supports the real-time transmission protocol by analyzing the terminal information received in the receiving step; and converting communication data in a format of a non-real time transmission protocol received from the terminal into communication data in a format of the real-time transmission protocol in order to transfer the converted communication data to a communication partner via the wireless communication interface, in accordance with determining that wireless communication by the real-time transmission protocol is directly performed and the terminal connected to the cable interface supports the real-time transmission protocol.