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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Yusuke Doi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Oba, Kawasaki, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A transmitting apparatus includes a first communicator, a designator, and a second communicator. The first communicator sends out a message by wireless broadcast communication to plural first communication apparatus, being located within a wireless communication range of the first communicator, of plural communication apparatus that have a wireless broadcast communication function and that constitute a wireless multi-hop network. The designator designates a second communication apparatus that is located outside the wireless communication range of the first communicator and that can establish a first communication channel, from among the plural communication apparatus having a the wireless broadcast communication function. The second communicator is wider in a communication range than the first communicator. The second communicator establishes the first communication channel with the second communication apparatus designated by the designator. The second communicator sends out the message over the established first communication channel.