Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program

摘要

A wireless communication network that forms an ad-hoc network without the arrangement of a controlling station sets a period that a communication apparatus can utilize with priority and performs isochronous communication in the period as required. When isochronous communication has not been performed or after isochronous communication has finished in the priority utilization period, other communication apparatuses perform arbitrary communication. When another communication is performed in a communication apparatus's own priority utilization period, the start of isochronous communication is temporarily delayed. In an ad-hoc communication environment, data having a real-time characteristic, such as AV content, can be efficiently transmitted through the isochronous communication.

主权项

1. A wireless communication system that forms a network in an autonomous distributed manner without the network having a specific controlling station, the wireless communication system comprising:
a transmitting-side or receiving-side communication apparatus that sets a priority utilization period utilizable for communication by the transmitting-side or receiving-side communication apparatus with priority over other communication in its own frame period and which performs the communication with a guaranteed bandwidth utilizing the priority utilization period with priority, wherein the transmitting-side or receiving-side communication apparatus temporarily delays a start of performing the communication and performs the communication with priority after an end of another communication if the another communication is being performed when the priority utilization period begins.