Patent ID: 8000290

Claim:
A wireless LAN device having a terminal function, for constructing a wireless network with one wireless LAN device having a base station function compatible with an IEEE 802.11e standard being a generic standard to an IEEE 802.11 standard and having a data transfer band guarantee function and at least one wireless LAN device having a terminal function compatible with the IEEE 802.11e standard, the wireless LAN device having a terminal function comprising: a signal output circuit for, after a band is guaranteed for data transfer between the wireless LAN device having a terminal function and the wireless LAN device having a base station function, outputting a base station confirmation signal to the wireless LAN device having a base station function by using a signal of the IEEE 802.11 standard or a signal of the IEEE 802.11e standard for which there is no band guarantee; and a confirmation circuit for, when the wireless LAN device having a base station function transmits a confirmation response signal in response to the base station confirmation signal output from the signal output circuit, receiving the confirmation response signal to confirm that the wireless LAN device having a terminal function is connected to the wireless LAN device having a base station function, wherein the signal output circuit includes a confirmation timer that starts measuring a preset time when a band acquisition response signal being a signal of the IEEE 802.11e standard is received from the wireless LAN device having a base station function and a band for data transfer is guaranteed, and a band acquisition request signal being a signal of the IEEE 802.11e standard is output to the wireless LAN device having a base station function as the base station confirmation signal after the preset time expires.