摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly determine a role in a key sharing process in an ad-hoc network. <P>SOLUTION: It is determined whether an apparatus operates as a providing apparatus on the basis of whether the apparatus operated as a providing apparatus in a sharing process of an encryption key performed among a plurality of apparatuses present on the existing network and the result of a comparison with the identification information of a newly joined communication apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |