Patent ID: 8711755

Claim:
A wireless communication system that comprises a first wireless communication device, a second wireless communication device, and a base station that relays wireless communication between the first and the second wireless communication devices, wherein the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device perform both indirect communication via the base station and direct communication that does not pass via the base station, the first wireless communication device obtains at least two different mutually compatible communication functions with which the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are mutually compatible, and the first wireless communication device transmits by both the direct communication and indirect communication at least two data frames each comprising at least one of audio data, visual data, video game data, and software using at least two of the at least two mutually compatible communication functions, the second wireless communication device measures communication quality of the at least two data frames transmitted from the first wireless communication device for both the direct communication and the indirect communication, and at least one of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device determines whether to establish communication by one of the indirect communication or the direct communication between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, based on a determined communication quality of each of the at least two mutually compatible communication functions.