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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Yosuke Bando, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiro Ishiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Maeda, Kamakura, JP;
Yujen Lai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroto Nakai, Yokohama, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes an operation mode storage unit that stores a mode in which the communication apparatus operates as a wireless base station or a terminal and a non-volatile memory, wherein a transmission message is output to the outside when the communication apparatus operates as the wireless base station, data included in a received reception message is stored in the non-volatile memory when the communication apparatus operates as the terminal, and when the communication apparatus operates as the wireless base station, after all data transmitted from a first external wireless base station is received, if a communication quality with the first wireless base station is less than a predetermined value, and no message is received from a wireless base station other than the first wireless base station, a channel selection and switching process is performed, and then the operation mode is changed from the terminal to the wireless base station.