Management device, management method, communication device and communication method for a WLAN having relaying functionality

摘要

A management device includes a management table generation section that generates a management table in which location information showing the present location of a relay device is held for each relay device that may relay communications data from a communication device to a first network, a first receiving section that receives location information showing the present location of the communication device, the location information being received from the communication device via a second network different from the first network, the communication device being connected to the first network via a relay device, a list generation section that generates a candidate list showing relay device candidates that may relay a connection to the first network by communicating with the communication device with reference to the management table based on the location information of the communication device, and a transmission section that transmits the candidate list to the communication device via the second network.