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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Atsushi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Takao Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Katsuji Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To enable network control (particularly, transmission band allocation) that excels in follow-up ability to follow changes in a network, locality, and responsiveness. A network control apparatus controls a wireless ad-hoc network and includes: a routing processing unit () which establishes routing within a wireless ad-hoc network using routing information including information regarding a local transmission quality within the wireless ad-hoc network; a routing processing unit () which obtains the information regarding the transmission quality from the routing information used for establishing the routing; and a bottleneck estimating unit () which estimates a relay apparatus as a bottleneck candidate, based on a distribution of plural transmission qualities within the wireless ad-hoc network, which are indicated by the obtained information.