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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Yoshimitsu Shiotani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshimitsu Shiotani, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus and multiple second wireless communication apparatuses. The first wireless communication apparatus includes circuitry that detects that a wireless communication between the first wireless communication apparatus and at least one of the second wireless communication apparatuses is disconnected, requests, if the circuitry detects that the wireless communication with at least one of the second wireless communication apparatuses is disconnected, one of the second wireless communication apparatuses whose wireless communication is not disconnected to perform beam-forming training sequence directed to the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is disconnected, and determines, based on a result of the beam-forming training sequence acquired from the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is not disconnected, the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is not disconnected as a relay apparatus for the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is disconnected.
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