ACCESS POINT CONTROL DEVICE, ACCESS POINT CONTROL METHOD AND ACCESS POINT CONTROL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an access point control device which allows a plurality of redundant paths to be suppressed from being formed.SOLUTION: The access point control device, which controls connection of access points in a radio LAN network that relays the access points by multi-hop, comprises: hop number deciding means that collects received power information relating to other access points that the access points receive and decides the number of hops for relay from a gateway access point to each access point, using received power information in all access points other than the gateway access point; and connection deciding means that decides connection candidates from the access points with the same number of hops and decides access points to be connected in the increasing order of the connection candidates among the access points. The connection deciding means, when deciding the connection candidates in a plural number, connects the connection candidates to the access points already connected to the connection candidates and the subordinate connection candidates with fewest number of access points.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1