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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasunori Maeshima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/246 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/246 ;
Abstract
Whether a communication is possible among nodes which transmit data in a wireless manner is discriminated and the nodes which can mutually communicate thereamong are set to the same group. In each node, if a node which can communicate with two or more groups exists, the node which can communicate among the groups is set to a bridge connecting the different groups. In case of communicating with the nodes among the different groups, a communication is performed via the node that has been set as a bridge.