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Wireless communication apparatus for selecting an access method and corresponding wireless communication method
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 2004-09-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2024-09-29
Abstract
Abstract A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit configured to conduct wireless communication by selecting one wireless scheme among a plurality of wireless schemes capable of conducting wireless communication, a storage which stores information obtained by classifying the plurality of wireless schemes into a plurality of classes, based on priorities set to the plurality of wireless schemes in accordance with at least one parameter, and a selector which selects one wireless scheme by which the wireless communication unit conducts wireless communication, based on classes stored in the storage.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryoko Toshiba Corporation Matsuo
- 👤 Kaoru Toshiba Corporation Inoue
- 👤 Ren Toshiba Corporation Sakata
- 👤 Toshihisa Toshiba Corporation Nabetani
- 👤 Tomoya Toshiba Corporation Tandai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W48/00; H04W48/16; H04W36/00; H04W36/16; H04W8/00; H04W8/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to conduct
wireless communication by selecting one wireless scheme among a
plurality of wireless schemes capable of conducting wireless
communication; a storage which stores information obtained by classifying
said plurality of wireless schemes into a plurality of classes, based
on priorities set to said plurality of wireless schemes in accordance
with at least one parameter; and a selector which selects one wireless scheme by which said
wireless communication unit conducts wireless communication,
based on classes stored in said storage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1,
further comprising a classification unit configured to classify said
plurality of wireless schemes into a plurality of classes, based on
the priorities of said plurality of wireless schemes; wherein said storage stores a result of classification by said
classification unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into a plurality of classes for each parameter; and said selector selects a wireless scheme to be used, based on
the class set for each parameter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said selector gives priority to each parameter, and selects
the wireless scheme by which said wireless communication unit
conducts the wireless communication, by preferentially taking into
consideration the class corresponding to the parameter having
higher priority.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into said plurality of classes, based on degree of
achievement for parameter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into said plurality of classes, based on at least one
parameter for each communication type; and said selector selects the wireless scheme by which said
wireless communication unit conducts wireless communication,
based on the classes stored in said storage in accordance with each
communication type.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into said plurality of classes, based on at least one
parameter in accordance with ordinary time and time of user's
desire; and said selector selects the wireless scheme by which said
wireless communication unit conducts the wireless communication,
based on the classes stored in said storage in accordance with
either the ordinary time or the time of user's desire.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies residual quantity in a
battery into a plurality of stages, and classifies said plurality of
wireless schemes into said plurality of classes based on at least one
parameter for each of said plurality of stages.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into said plurality of classes, based on at least one
parameter at time of communication start and during
communication; and said selector selects the wireless scheme by which said
wireless communication unit conducts wireless communication,
based on the classes stored in said storage either at the time of
communication start or during communication.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said selector selects the other wireless scheme belonging
to the same class as that of the selected wireless scheme when the
selected wireless scheme cannot conduct the wireless
communication.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
67 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein said classification unit classifies said plurality of wireless
schemes into a plurality of classes based on adaptation degrees
indicative of degree of compatibility with respect to said plurality of
wireless schemes; and said selector selects preferentially the wireless scheme
belonging to the class having high adaptation degree when the
wireless scheme for conducting the wireless communication is
changed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
93 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1,
further comprising a monitor unit configured to monitor at least
one of operation states of the wireless schemes except for the
wireless scheme selected by said selector and empty channel
information of the other wireless schemes; and said selector continuously selects the wireless scheme being
currently selected when said monitor unit detects that a wireless
scheme having higher priority than that of the wireless scheme
being currently selected becomes available and belongs to the
same class as that of the wireless scheme being currently selected.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
83 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1,
further comprising: a weight unit configured to add weights corresponding to
the respective parameters for each of said wireless schemes; and a weight adding unit configured to add the weights
corresponding to the parameters for each of said wireless schemes, wherein said selector selects the wireless scheme by which
said wireless communication unit conducts the wireless
communication, based on the classes classified by said
classification unit and the weight added by said weight adding unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein said selector changes over the wireless scheme by which
said wireless communication unit conducts the wireless
communication when the weight added by said weight adding unit
becomes less than a prescribed reference value.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
80 words
A wireless communication method, comprising: conducting wireless communication by selecting one
wireless scheme among a plurality of wireless schemes capable of
conducting wireless communication; classifying said plurality of wireless schemes based on
priorities set to said plurality of wireless schemes in accordance
with at least one parameter, and storing a result of the
classification into a storage; and selecting a wireless scheme by which a wireless
communication unit conducts the wireless communication, based
on the classes stored in said storage.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
38 words
The wireless communication method according to claim 15,
classification for a plurality of classes is conducted for each of
parameters; and the wireless scheme to be used is selected based on the
classes set to the respective parameters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
48 words
The wireless communication method according to claim 15,
wherein the priority is given to each of the parameters, and the
wireless scheme by which said wireless communication unit
conducts the wireless communication is preferentially selected by
taking into consideration the class corresponding to the parameter
having high priority.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The wireless communication method according to claim 15,
wherein said plurality of wireless schemes are classified into said
plurality of classes based on degree of achievement for the
parameter.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
62 words
The wireless communication method according to claim 15,
wherein said plurality of wireless schemes are classified into said
plurality of classes based on at least one parameter for each of
communication types; and the wireless scheme by which said wireless communication
unit conducts the wireless communication is selected based on the
classes stored in said storage in accordance with the
communication types.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
43 words
The wireless communication method according to claim 15,
wherein residual quantity of a battery is classified into a plurality of
stages, and said plurality of wireless schemes are classified into
said plurality of classes based on at least one parameter for each
stage.
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