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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takaomi Murakami, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinya Murai, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Ishihara, Yokohama, JP;
Ren Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Cam Ly Nguyen, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuma Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Keiji Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication device transmits data to a relay destination being one of first relaying devices capable of communicating out of relaying devices; obtains first information, from each first relaying device, that indicates a representative value of remaining operating times of relaying devices present on a relay route from the first relaying device to a target device; determines to perform a new route search, based on the first information; increases a transmission power; then transmits a request; receive responses from all or a part of second relaying devices, which are relaying devices that have received the request, including pieces of second information each of which indicates a representative value of remaining operating times of relaying devices present on a relay route from the second relaying device to the target device; and selects a relay destination of data from among the second relaying devices based on the pieces of second information.