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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Erika Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Kageyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Erika Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Kageyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a wireless communication device including a control unit that controls the wireless communication device to act as a group owner or a client, and a communication unit that communicates with another wireless communication device according to control by the control unit, and, when a communication group having a topology where the wireless communication device acts as a group owner and the another wireless communication device acts as a client of the wireless communication device is formed, and a new wireless communication device to enter the communication group appears, the control unit determines whether or not to change a topology of the communication group.