Patent ID: 8219029

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a management information generation portion that generates a plurality of management information signals, wherein the plurality of management information signals are periodically transmitted to neighboring wireless communication devices located in a vicinity of the wireless communication device for forming a wireless network; a data information generation portion that generates data information, wherein the data information is for transferring data to one or more of the neighboring wireless communication devices and wherein the data information are distinct from, and are transmitted separately from, the sequence of management information signals; an operation instruction generation portion that generates an operation instruction aimed at a neighbor wireless communication device of the neighboring wireless communication devices; an incorporation determination portion that makes an incorporation determination as to whether the operation instruction can be incorporated in a subsequent management information signal of the plurality of management information signals; an incorporation portion that incorporates the operation instruction in the subsequent management information signal, if the incorporation determination indicates that the operation instruction can be incorporated in the subsequent management information signal; and a communication portion that transmits, to the neighbor wireless communication device the subsequent management information signal.