| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of hops as a whole network, thereby meeting a request for further power saving in the overall network. <P>SOLUTION: Each radio terminal (sensor node 10a-10o) constituting an ad hoc network includes a route information retention part 102 for retaining at least one route information to an information destination, an information retention part 107 for retaining first information to the above destination generated in either the self-terminal or another terminal, an information reception means (radio communication portion 105) for receiving second information having the same destination as the first information retained in the information retention part 107 and a source different from the first information, an information combiner 110 for combining the first information retained in the information retention 107 with the second information received in the radio communication unit 105 into a single information set, and a transmission means (radio communication unit 105) for transmitting the single information combined in the information combinater 110 to a next other terminal according to the route information having a minimum hops to the above destination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
