ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD

摘要

Signal distribution, signal switching, and signal collection are performed with a simple configuration. An electronic device comprises a transmission unit (108) for transmitting, as a wireless signal, a signal to be transmitted and a reception unit (208) for receiving the wireless signal transmitted from the transmission unit. In the electronic device, a plurality of pairs of wireless signal transmission points in the transmission unit and wireless signal reception points in the reception unit can be formed. Using the pairs of transmission points and reception points make it possible to execute at least either one of signal distribution in which the same signal to be transmitted from a transmission point is transmitted to the multiple reception points and signal switching in which a signal to be transmitted from a transmission point is selectively transmitted to any of the multiple reception points. The signal to be transmitted is transmitted as a wireless signal. In this case, the signal distribution, signal switching, and signal collection are performed in a wireless signal portion. Since a portion where a signal transmission is performed through electric wiring does not interpose the portion where the signal distribution, signal switching, and signal collection are performed, the signal distribution, signal switching, and signal collection can be performed with a simple configuration.