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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Masato Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a wireless communication device which transmits data to destination nodes by time division multiplexing. The device includes: a storage section including a transmission queue region that stores unsent data therein; a communication controller including: a communication situation evaluating section configured to evaluate a communication situation of each of the destination nodes; and a communication slot controller configure to: allocate, in the plurality of communication slots, communication slots for data transmission to the respective destination nodes, retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data, and auxiliary retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data subjected to a specified destination node, the specified destination node being determined based on the communication situation; and allocate the respective unsent data to a corresponding one of the retransmission slots and the auxiliary retransmission slots based on a given condition.