摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio network system communication method capable of improving efficiency of information transmission, by uniformizing the number of connections as much as possible in a group of relay channels in a multi-hop network, and to provide a radio communication device. <P>SOLUTION: In the communication method of a multi-hop network performing multi-hop communication, the radio communication device 10 holds the number of devices belonging thereto indicating the number of all radio communication devices 10 belonging to its own group; a radio communication device 10i distributes a Join packet for newly connecting to the multi-hop network, radio communication devices 10c, 10d which have received the Join packet transmitted from the radio communication device 10i transmit a ChannelInfo packet, including the number of devices belonging thereto to the radio communication device 10i, and the radio communication device 10i selects the radio communication devices 10c, 10d having the smallest number of devices belonging thereto as higher-order radio communication devices 10 of itself, when a plurality of ChannelInfo packets are received. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |