Patent ID: 7356353

Claim:
A wireless communication device, connected to an equipment having a plurality of input/output terminals, comprising: interface means for connecting to the equipment having a plurality of input/output terminals; connection information exchange means for exchanging information on an equipment connected to each input/output terminal, with other wireless communication devices; storage means for storing information on the equipment connected to each input/output terminal; information transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving information on the equipment connected to input/output terminals which are switched according to the input/output switching operation of said equipment having a plurality of input/output terminals; network formation means for forming a wireless network with the other wireless communication devices; and transmission bandwidth reservation means for acquiring a predetermined wireless transmission channel and reserving transmission bandwidth with respect to a wireless communication device serving as a control station of the network according to input/output switching operations of said equipment having a plurality of input/output terminals, wherein said information transmission/reception means transmits and receives information in a region in which said transmission bandwidth reservation is performed, manages information on the equipment connected to each of said input/output terminals in association with the other wireless communication devices, and acquires the predetermined wireless transmission channel to perform wireless communication and then transmits and receives information according to input/output switching of said equipment having a plurality of input/output terminals.