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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1998
Kazuaki Iwamura, Kobe, JP;
Takeo Horiguchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Shogo Yamaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Takuya Kawamura, Ashiya, JP;
Shinzo Matsubara, Ashiya, JP;
Fumihiko Ikegami, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A communication network construction method comprises the steps of grouping the communication devices belonging to a communication network into one or a plurality of communication groups. In a selection step, one or a plurality of representative devices are selected in each communication group formed in the grouping step. In a communication step, each communication device communicates directly with the communication devices belonging to the same group, and communicates with the communication devices belonging to a different group by first transmitting data to the representative device of the same communication group and then causing the representative device to transfer a part or the whole of the data to the representative device of the different communication group.