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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04J 3/1694 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A management apparatus, which manages a wireless network constituted by a plurality of wireless communication devices each capable of performing a wireless communication using TDMA system, is characterized by comprising an extended link management unit that manages an extended link obtained by setting, to a link for which a channel and time slots to be used for wireless communications using the TDMA system are specified and for which a communication direction is determined, attribute information that characterizes the wireless communications performed by the wireless communication devices by use of the link.