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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Hideaki Nakakita, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Isozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Tsunoda, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Meguro-ku, JP;
Taku Kato, Fuchu, JP;
Hideaki Nakakita, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Isozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiji Tsunoda, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Toshimitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Meguro-ku, JP;
Taku Kato, Fuchu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless base station which controls joining of a plurality of wireless terminals to a wireless network, stores a maximum joining possible terminal number which indicates a maximum number of the wireless terminals of each terminal type that can join the wireless network simultaneously, and which is set in advance for each one of a plurality of terminal types that classify the wireless terminals, and a currently joining terminal number which indicates a number of the wireless terminals of each terminal type that are currently joining the wireless network, for each one of the plurality of the terminal types. Then, the wireless base station judges whether the joining of one wireless terminal of one terminal type which sent a request message to the wireless network is permitted or not, according to the maximum joining possible terminal number for the one terminal type and the currently joining terminal number stored for the one terminal type.