Patent ID: 8503319

Claim:
A data processor for managing a bandwidth for use by an electronic device participating in a communication network, comprising: a wireless communication section communicating with the electronic device and a bandwidth management section performing control to variably allocate, based on a request from the electronic device, a bandwidth to be used for communication performed by the electronic device, wherein the bandwidth management section comprises a bandwidth management table and performs bandwidth allocation control by referring to information recorded in the bandwidth management table, wherein the bandwidth management table comprises a field for holding information for use in managing the bandwidth for the electronic device, wherein the bandwidth management section records, upon recognizing an additional electronic device, identification information identifying the additional electronic device and attribute information about data to be transmitted by the additional electronic device as new entry data in the bandwidth management table, wherein the identification information represents a MAC address, and the attribute information represents a usable data format, and wherein the MAC address information and the usable data format information is information contained in beacon information included in a superframe used in UWB communication.