Patent ID: 7395463

Claim:
An electronic apparatus connectable to a plurality of wireless networks, said electronic apparatus comprising: a radio section for directly communicating with a first electronic apparatus which belongs to a first wireless network or for communicating with said first electronic apparatus via a second electronic apparatus which belongs to a second wireless network, said second electronic apparatus performing data relay between said first wireless network and said second wireless network; an error detector for detecting an error of first data received directly from said first electronic apparatus or for detecting an error of second data received from said first electronic apparatus via said second electronic apparatus; and a selector for selecting data from said first data or said second data depending on a result detected by said error detector, wherein: when an error rate detected by said error detector has reached or exceeded a predetermined value while communicating with an electronic apparatus which belongs to one of said first wireless network and said second wireless network, said radio section starts communications over a path which belongs to the other wireless network.