Discriminating a function of another communication apparatus and executing a communication parameters setting procedure

摘要

When the role of a receiver is not predetermined, it is impossible to uniquely determine the transfer direction of communication parameters. A communication apparatus comprises: discrimination means adapted to discriminate a function of another communication apparatus with respect to communication parameter setting processing when the self communication apparatus is a candidate for a providing apparatus of communication parameters; setting means adapted to set the function of the self communication apparatus as a receiving apparatus of communication parameters upon detecting an apparatus that is confirmed as a providing apparatus of communication parameters before a set time elapses; and execution means adapted, if the setting means sets the function as the receiving apparatus, to execute, as a receiving apparatus of communication parameters, the communication parameter setting processing with the providing apparatus.

主权项

1. A communication apparatus having a function of operating as a providing apparatus, which provides communication parameters, and a function of operating as a receiving apparatus, which receives communication parameters, the apparatus comprising:
a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a function of the communication apparatus with respect to a communication parameters setting procedure; an execution unit configured to execute the communication parameters setting procedure by exchanging predetermined messages between the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus according to a result of the discrimination; and a transmission unit configured to transmit information for restricting an attempt to connect to the communication apparatus from any other apparatuses except for said another communication apparatus while the execution unit executes the communication parameters setting procedure between the communication apparatus and said another communication apparatus until the communication parameters setting procedure ends, wherein a processing unit coupled to a memory unit is configured to implement at least one of the discrimination unit, the execution unit or the transmission unit.