CONNECTION METHOD AND CONNECTION APPARATUS OF AD HOC NETWORK, CONNECTION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection method of an ad hoc network or the like for setting a communication path between wireless terminals belonging to a different network via an IP network not through a relay terminal.

SOLUTION: The network connection method uses a network management means 53 for storing identification numbers of wireless terminals and identification numbers of ad hoc networks. Connection apparatuses manage identification information of the wireless terminals in existence in the networks. The connection apparatus 5-1 receiving data from the wireless terminal 411 discriminates whether or not the wireless terminal 421 being a destination of the data exists in the ad hoc network 21. When not in existence, the connection apparatus 5-1 acquires the identification number of the ADHOC network 22 wherein the wireless terminal 421 exists from the network management means 53, the connection apparatus 5-1 sets a communication path to the IP network between itself and the connection apparatus 5-2 of the ad hoc network 22 and transmits the data.

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