Patent ID: 8804683

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to control the wireless communication apparatus so as to operate as a constructing apparatus for constructing a wireless communication network and the wireless communication apparatus so as to operate as a joining apparatus for joining a constructed wireless communication network; a first receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive first information, wherein the first information is used to determine that the wireless communication apparatus should operate as the joining apparatus; a second receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive second information, wherein the second information is used to determine that the wireless communication apparatus should operate as the constructing apparatus or as the joining apparatus; and a determining unit configured to determine whether the wireless communication apparatus should operate as the constructing apparatus or the joining apparatus based on the second information, wherein the control unit controls the wireless communication apparatus so as to operate as the joining apparatus in a case that the first receiving unit receives the first information and that the wireless communication apparatus connects to a communication partner apparatus which transmitted the first information, and controls the wireless communication apparatus so as to operate as the constructing apparatus or as the joining apparatus in accordance with the determination of the determining unit in a case that the first receiving unit does not receive the first information and the second receiving unit receives the second information, and wherein at least one of the control unit, the first receiving unit, the second receiving unit and the determining unit is implemented by a processor.