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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Sadahiro Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Sadahiro Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/46 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network of wireless communications apparatuses connected by a plurality of routes, a wireless communications apparatus includes a packet generating unit that generates a packet for each of the plurality of routes in the network; an operating unit that generates power consumption information for each of the routes, the power consumption information indicating power consumption for transmitting the packets; an attaching unit that attaches the power consumption information to the packets; and a transmit unit that transmits the packets to which the power consumption information is attached via the corresponding routes.