WO2022195846A1

WO2022195846A1 - Radio terminal, information processing method, and information processing program

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Publication number: WO2022195846A1
Application number: PCT/JP2021/011362
Authority: WO
Inventors: 勝周藤
Original assignee: Ｆｃｎｔ株式会社
Priority date: 2021-03-19
Filing date: 2021-03-19
Publication date: 2022-09-22
Also published as: JPWO2022195846A1

Abstract

The present invention prevents a reduction in a communication speed when connecting another terminal communicating via a first radio communication network to a second radio communication network. This radio terminal includes: a first communication unit that communicates with the first radio communication network; a second communication unit that communicates with the second radio communication network; a storage unit; and a control unit that causes the first communication unit to transmit, at predetermined intervals, a first beacon indicating multiple communication standards used by the first communication unit. When receiving, via the first communication unit, a connection request indicating a communication standard used by the other terminal in the first radio communication network, the control unit connects the other terminal to the second radio communication network via the first communication unit and the second communication unit and stores the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit. When receiving a connection request from the other terminal in a state in which the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit, the control unit causes the first communication unit to transmit, in place of the first beacon, a second beacon at predetermined intervals, the second beacon indicating a communication standard from among the multiple communication standards that matches the communication standard stored in the storage unit.

Description

Wireless terminal, information processing method and information processing program

The present invention relates to a wireless terminal, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

By using a wireless terminal that supports both Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a repeater, tethering is used to connect other wireless terminals that communicate via wireless LAN to LTE.

Beacons are used to establish such tethering. A technique has been proposed in which priority is set for elements to be included in a beacon, and the elements are included in the beacon according to the priority (see Patent Document 1). Also, for example, a technique has been proposed for determining whether or not each of a plurality of information elements should be set in a beacon frame according to predetermined determination criteria (see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-296243 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-225873

A wireless terminal that provides tethering transmits to other wireless terminals a beacon containing information indicating the communication standard of wireless communication that the own wireless terminal supports. Then, the wireless terminal starts tethering using the communication standard selected by the other terminal from among the wireless communication standards indicated by the beacon.

As the number of wireless communication standards supported by wireless terminals increases, the amount of wireless communication standard information included in beacons also increases. Therefore, since the data length of the beacon becomes long, a large communication band is used for transmitting the beacon. Therefore, the communication speed during tethering tends to decrease as the wireless terminal supports more wireless communication standards.

One aspect of the disclosed technology is a wireless terminal, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of suppressing a decrease in communication speed when connecting another terminal that communicates via a first wireless communication network to a second wireless communication network. intended to provide

One aspect of the disclosed technology is exemplified by the following wireless terminal. This wireless terminal includes a first communication unit that communicates with a first wireless communication network, a second communication unit that communicates with a second wireless communication network, a storage unit, and a plurality of communication standards used by the first communication unit. and a control unit that causes the first communication unit to transmit a first beacon indicating the above to the first communication unit at predetermined intervals. When the other terminal receives a connection request indicating the communication standard used in the first wireless communication network via the first communication unit, the control unit receives the connection request via the first communication unit and the second communication unit. connecting the other terminal to the second wireless communication network, storing the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit, and from the other terminal with the communication standard indicated by the connection request stored in the storage unit when the connection request is received, a second beacon indicating a communication standard that overlaps the plurality of communication standards and the communication standard stored in the storage unit is sent to the first communication unit at predetermined intervals instead of the first beacon. send.

The disclosed technique can suppress a decrease in communication speed when another terminal that communicates via the first wireless communication network is connected to the second wireless communication network.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a smart phone according to an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing blocks of the smartphone according to the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a terminal table stored in the terminal database. FIG. 4 shows an example of information included in a normal beacon transmitted by a smartphone. FIG. 5 shows an example of information included in a shortened beacon transmitted by a smartphone. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow for creating a smartphone terminal table according to the embodiment; 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow for transmitting a shortened beacon by the smartphone according to the embodiment; FIG. FIG. 8 is an example of a processing flow in which a smartphone establishes tethering in the first modified example. FIG. 9 is an example of a processing flow in which a smartphone establishes tethering in the second modified example.

<Embodiment>
The configuration of the embodiment shown below is an example, and the disclosed technology is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment. A radio terminal according to the embodiment has, for example, the following configuration. A wireless terminal according to the present embodiment includes a first communication unit that communicates with a first wireless communication network, a second communication unit that communicates with a second wireless communication network, a storage unit, and a plurality of and a control unit that causes the first communication unit to transmit a first beacon indicating the communication standard of the above at predetermined intervals.

Then, when the other terminal receives a connection request indicating the communication standard used in the first wireless communication network via the first communication unit, the control unit transmits the connection request via the first communication unit and the second communication unit. to connect the other terminal to the second wireless communication network, store the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit, and store the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit. When the connection request is received from the terminal, the first communication is performed at predetermined intervals in place of the first beacon by a second beacon indicating a communication standard that overlaps the plurality of communication standards and the communication standard stored in the storage unit. send it to the Department.

Upon receiving the connection request, the wireless terminal stores the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit. Then, when the connection request is received from the other terminal while the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit, the second beacon is replaced with the first beacon, and the first communication unit is sent at predetermined intervals. send. The wireless communication standard information included in the second beacon is narrowed down to the wireless communication standards compatible with the other terminal among the wireless communication standards compatible with the first communication unit. Therefore, the second beacon has a shorter data length than the first beacon. Since the second beacon with such a short data length can be transmitted, the wireless terminal suppresses a decrease in communication speed when connecting another terminal communicating on the first wireless communication network to the second wireless communication network. can do.

An embodiment in which the wireless terminal is applied to a smart phone will be further described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a smart phone 100 according to an embodiment. In addition to the smartphone 100, FIG. 1 also shows a first wireless terminal 500 and a second wireless terminal 500a. The first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a are, for example, notebook personal computers, tablet computers, wearable computers, and the like. The first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a are equipped with a connection unit for connecting to the wireless LAN N1, but do not have a connection unit for connecting to the LTE network N2. Therefore, tethering provided by the smartphone 100 is used to connect the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a to the LTE network N2.

The smartphone 100 is an information processing device that includes a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a main storage unit 102, an auxiliary storage unit 103, an LTE communication unit 104, and a Wi-Fi communication unit 105. The CPU 101, main storage unit 102, auxiliary storage unit 103, LTE communication unit 104 and Wi-Fi communication unit 105 are interconnected by a connection bus.

The CPU 101 is also called a microprocessor unit (MPU) or processor. The CPU 101 is not limited to a single processor, and may have a multiprocessor configuration. Also, a single CPU 101 connected with a single socket may have a multi-core configuration. At least part of the processing executed by the CPU 101 is performed by a processor other than the CPU 101, such as a dedicated processor such as a digital signal processor (DSP), graphics processing unit (GPU), numerical processor, vector processor, or image processor. may At least part of the processing executed by the CPU 101 may be executed by an integrated circuit (IC) or other digital circuits. Also, at least part of the CPU 101 may include an analog circuit. Integrated circuits include Large Scale Integrated Circuits (LSI), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC), and Programmable Logic Devices (PLD). PLDs include, for example, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). CPU 101 may be a combination of a processor and an integrated circuit. A combination is called, for example, a microcontroller unit (MCU), a system-on-a-chip (SoC), a system LSI, a chipset, or the like. In the smartphone 100, the CPU 101 develops a program stored in the auxiliary storage unit 103 in the work area of the main storage unit 102, and controls peripheral devices through execution of the program. As a result, the smartphone 100 can execute processing that meets a predetermined purpose. The main storage unit 102 and the auxiliary storage unit 103 are recording media readable by the smartphone 100 .

The main storage unit 102 is exemplified as a storage unit directly accessed from the CPU 101 . The main storage unit 102 includes Random Access Memory (RAM) and Read Only Memory (ROM).

The auxiliary storage unit 103 stores various programs and various data in a readable and writable recording medium. The auxiliary storage unit 103 is also called an external storage device. The auxiliary storage unit 103 stores an operating system (OS), various programs, various tables, and the like. The OS includes a communication interface program for exchanging data with an external device or the like connected via the communication unit 104 .

The auxiliary storage unit 103 is, for example, an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), a solid state drive (SSD), a hard disk drive (HDD), or the like.

The Wi-Fi communication unit 104 is, for example, an interface with the wireless LAN N1. The Wi-Fi communication unit 104 communicates with external devices via the wireless LAN N1. The Wi-Fi communication unit 104 supports various wireless LAN standards. The Wi-Fi communication unit 104 supports, for example, "IEEE802.11g", "IEEE802.11b", "IEEE802.11ac", "IEEE802.11a", and "IEEE802.11ax". The Wi-Fi communication unit 104 communicates with the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a via the wireless LAN N1 base station. Also, the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 receives a tethering request requesting a tethering connection from the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a.

The LTE communication unit 105 is, for example, an interface with the LTE network N2 provided by the mobile phone company. The LTE communication unit 105 communicates with an external device via the LTE network N2.

The smartphone 100 may further include, for example, an input unit that receives operation instructions and the like from the user. Examples of such input units include input devices such as keyboards, pointing devices, touch panels, acceleration sensors, and voice input devices.

The smartphone 100 may include an output unit that outputs data processed by the CPU 101 and data stored in the main storage unit 102, for example. Examples of such an output unit include output devices such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), an Electroluminescence (EL) panel, and an organic EL panel.

<Processing Blocks of Smartphone 100>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing blocks of the smartphone 100 according to the embodiment. The smartphone 100 includes a tethering control unit 11 and a terminal database 12 (denoted as “terminal DB” in the figure). The CPU 101 of the smartphone 100 executes a computer program executably developed in the main storage unit 102 , thereby executing processing as each unit of the smartphone 100 , such as the tethering control unit 11 and the terminal database 12 .

The tethering control unit 11 controls tethering that relays communication between the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a and the LTE network N2. The tethering control unit 11 switches to a tethering mode in which the smartphone 100 is used as the base station of the wireless LAN N1 according to the user's instruction. The tethering control unit 11 that has switched to the tethering mode transmits a beacon containing information indicating the wireless communication standard that the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 supports at predetermined intervals.

When the tethering control unit 11 receives a tethering request from the first wireless terminal 500 or the second wireless terminal 500a via the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 in a state of transition to the tethering mode, the tethering control unit 11 communicates with the wireless terminal that transmitted the tethering request. Establish tethering. Here, the tethering request received from the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a includes information indicating the MAC address of the wireless terminal that sent the tethering request and the wireless communication standard supported by the wireless terminal. The tethering control unit 11 associates the MAC address included in the received tethering request with the information indicating the wireless communication standard, and stores them in the terminal database 12 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the terminal table 121 stored in the terminal database 12. FIG. The terminal table 121 associates MAC addresses with wireless communication standards. The terminal table 121 includes items of "MAC address", "11g", "11n", "11ax", "11k", and "QoS". "MAC address" stores the MAC address included in the tethering request. "default" stored in the "MAC address" column indicates that the information is of the smartphone 100 itself. The items “11g”, “11n”, “11ax”, “11k”, and “QoS” are items prepared according to wireless communication standards supported by the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 of the smartphone 100 . In FIG. 3, "1" is stored for the compatible wireless communication standard, and "0" is stored for the non-compatible wireless communication standard. In the example of FIG. 3, it can be understood that the wireless terminal with the MAC address "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" corresponds to "11g" and "11n". Note that in the initial state of the terminal table 121, only information about the smartphone 100 itself is stored, and information about other wireless terminals is not stored.

Returning to FIG. 2, if the MAC address included in the tethering request is stored in the terminal table 121, the tethering control unit 11 determines the wireless communication standard that the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 supports and the MAC address in the terminal table 121. A beacon containing information indicating a wireless communication standard that overlaps with the wireless communication standard associated with is transmitted at predetermined intervals. Hereinafter, in this specification, the wireless communication standard supported by the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 and the wireless communication standard that overlaps with the wireless communication standard associated with the MAC address included in the tethering request in the terminal table 121 are included. The beacon is called a "shortened beacon". A beacon containing information on all wireless communication standards supported by the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 will be referred to as a “normal beacon”.

Next, normal beacons and shortened beacons transmitted by smartphone 100 will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of information included in a normal beacon transmitted by smartphone 100 . FIG. 5 shows an example of information included in a shortened beacon transmitted by smartphone 100 . The normal beacon illustrated in FIG. 4 includes information related to “IEEE802.11g”, “IEEE802.11b”, “IEEE802.11ac”, “IEEE802.11a”, and “IEEE802.11ax”. The shortened beacon illustrated in FIG. 5 includes information related to "IEEE802.11b" and "IEEE802.11a", while information related to "IEEE802.11g", "IEEE802.11ac" and "IEEE802.11ax" is included. is not included. Therefore, shortened beacons have a smaller data size than regular beacons.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow for creating the terminal table 121 of the smartphone 100 according to the embodiment. An example of the processing flow for creating the terminal table 121 of the smartphone 100 will be described below with reference to FIG. 6 .

At T1, the tethering control unit 11 of the smartphone 100 normally transmits a beacon. At T<b>2 , the tethering control unit 11 receives a tethering request from the first wireless terminal 500 .

At T3, the tethering control unit 11 acquires the MAC address of the first wireless terminal 500 and the wireless communication standard supported by the first wireless terminal 500 from the tethering request received at T2. The tethering control unit 11 compares the wireless communication standard supported by the smartphone 100 registered in the terminal table 121 with the wireless communication standard supported by the first wireless terminal 500 acquired from the tethering request, and determines the wireless communication standard supported by the smartphone 100 . It is determined whether or not there is a wireless communication standard that the first wireless terminal 500 does not support. If there is an unsupported wireless communication standard (“yes” at T3), the process proceeds to T4. If there is no unsupported wireless communication standard (“None” at T3), the process proceeds to T5.

At T4, the tethering control unit 11 stores in the terminal table 121 the MAC address acquired from the tethering request at T3 and the wireless communication standard with which the first wireless terminal 500 is compatible.

At T5, the tethering control unit 11 establishes tethering of the first wireless terminal 500. Smartphone 100 can cause first wireless terminal 500 to communicate with LTE network N2 through established tethering. The tethering control unit 11 transmits normal beacons at predetermined intervals even while tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 is being established.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow for transmitting a shortened beacon by the smartphone 100 according to the embodiment. The same reference numerals are assigned to the same processing as in FIG. 6, and the description thereof is omitted. An example of a processing flow for transmitting a shortened beacon by smartphone 100 will be described below with reference to FIG. 7 .

At T13, the tethering control unit 11 acquires the MAC address from the tethering request received at T2. The tethering control unit 11 determines whether or not the acquired MAC address is registered in the terminal table 121 . If registered (YES in T13), the process proceeds to T14. If not registered (NO in T13), the process proceeds to T15.

At T14, the tethering control unit 11 acquires from the terminal table 121 the wireless communication standard that the terminal with the MAC address acquired at T13 is compatible with. The tethering control unit 11 transmits a shortened beacon indicating a wireless communication standard that overlaps between the wireless communication standard that the Wi-Fi communication unit 104 supports and the wireless communication standard acquired from the terminal table 121 .

At T15, the tethering control unit 11 establishes tethering of the first wireless terminal 500. The tethering control unit 11 transmits shortened beacons at predetermined intervals even while tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 is being established. It should be noted that the X11 may change the beacon to be transmitted from the shortened beacon back to the normal beacon when the tethering with the X500 is disconnected.

<Action and effect of the embodiment>
As the number of wireless communication standards supported by the smart phone 100 increases, the amount of information normally included in the beacon increases. That is, as the number of wireless communication standards supported by the smartphone 100 increases, the data length of the normal beacon increases. On the other hand, if the number of wireless communication standards supported by the first wireless terminal 500 that requests tethering is smaller than that of the smartphone 100, the normal beacon will also include information related to wireless communication standards that the first wireless terminal 500 does not support. . Such information is not necessary for establishing tethering of the first wireless terminal 500 .

Therefore, in the embodiment, when the smartphone 100 receives a tethering request from the first wireless terminal 500, the smartphone 100 associates the MAC address included in the received tethering request with the wireless communication standard supported by the first wireless terminal 500, and stores the information in the terminal table. Register with 121. Then, in a state where the information of the first wireless terminal 500 is registered in the terminal table 121, the smartphone 100 can transmit the shortened beacon instead of the normal beacon. The wireless communication standards indicated by the shortened beacons are narrowed down to the wireless communication standards supported by the first wireless terminal 500 among the information on the wireless communication standards supported by the smart phone 100 . Therefore, the data length of the shortened beacon is shorter than the data length of the normal beacon.

With such a shortened beacon, even if it is transmitted at predetermined intervals, it is possible to reduce the bandwidth usage rate compared to normal beacons, and it is also possible to reduce the frequency of packet collisions (occurrence of collisions). Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress a decrease in communication speed during tethering.

In addition, by replacing the beacon transmitted by the smartphone 100 with a shortened beacon having a shorter data length than the normal beacon, the power consumption of the smartphone 100 related to beacon transmission can be reduced, and the connection time until tethering is established can be shortened. be able to.

The short beacon also includes information on the wireless communication standard that the first wireless terminal 500 supports. Therefore, even if the smart phone 100 transmits a shortened beacon, the tethering of the first wireless terminal 500 can be supported.

<First modification>
The smartphone 100 may receive a tethering request from the second wireless terminal 500a even while tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 is being established. In the first modified example, processing will be described when a tethering request is received from the second wireless terminal 500a while tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 is being established. The same reference numerals are assigned to the same configurations as in the embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. A first modified example will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 8 is an example of a processing flow in which the smartphone 100 establishes tethering in the first modified example. The processing flow of FIG. 8 is a processing flow when a tethering request is issued from the second wireless terminal 500a while the tethering of the first wireless terminal 500 is being established. Hereinafter, an example of a processing flow in which the smartphone 100 establishes tethering in the first modified example will be described with reference to FIG. 8 .

At T21, the tethering control unit 11 of the smartphone 100 that has established tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 transmits a shortened beacon. At T22, the tethering control unit 11 receives a tethering request from the second wireless terminal 500a different from the first wireless terminal 500 with which tethering is established.

At T23, the tethering control unit 11 disconnects the established tethering of the first wireless terminal 500. At T24, the tethering control unit 11 transmits a normal beacon. At T25, the tethering control unit 11 establishes tethering with the second wireless terminal 500a. At T<b>26 , the tethering control unit 11 establishes tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 .

According to the first modification, when a tethering request is received from the second wireless terminal 500a while tethering is being established with the first wireless terminal 500, the tethering control unit 11 switches the beacon to be transmitted from the shortened beacon to the normal beacon. . Therefore, the tethering control unit 11 can cause the second wireless terminal 500a to select a wireless communication standard suitable for tethering for the second wireless terminal 500a.

<Second modification>
In the first modification, when smartphone 100 receives a tethering request from second wireless terminal 500 a while tethering with first wireless terminal 500 is being established, smartphone 100 disconnects tethering with first wireless terminal 500 . In the second modified example, processing for not disconnecting tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 even if a tethering request from the second wireless terminal 500a is received while tethering with the first wireless terminal 500 is being established will be described. The same reference numerals are assigned to the same configurations as those of the embodiment and the first modified example, and the description thereof is omitted. A first modified example will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 9 is an example of a processing flow in which the smartphone 100 establishes tethering in the second modified example. The processing flow of FIG. 9 is a processing flow when a tethering request is issued from the second wireless terminal 500a while the tethering of the first wireless terminal 500 is being established. An example of a processing flow in which the smartphone 100 establishes tethering in the second modified example will be described below with reference to FIG. 9 .

At T33, the tethering control unit 11 acquires the MAC address of the first wireless terminal 500a and the wireless communication standard supported by the first wireless terminal 500a from the tethering request received at T22. The tethering control unit 11 compares the wireless communication standard supported by the smartphone 100 registered in the terminal table 121 with the wireless communication standard supported by the second wireless terminal 500a acquired from the tethering request, and determines the wireless communication standard supported by the smartphone 100. It is determined whether or not there is a wireless communication standard that the second wireless terminal 500a does not support. If there is an incompatible wireless communication standard (“yes” in T33), the process proceeds to T34. If there is no compatible wireless communication standard (“None” in T33), the process proceeds to T35.

At T34, the tethering control unit 11 registers in the terminal table 121 the MAC address acquired from the tethering request at T33 and the wireless communication standard supported by the second wireless terminal 500a.

At T35, the tethering control unit 11 establishes tethering of the second wireless terminal 500a. The tethering control unit 11 transmits shortened beacons at predetermined intervals even while tethering is established between the first wireless terminal 500 and the second wireless terminal 500a.

Unlike the first modification, in the second modification, the established tethering of the first wireless terminal 500 is not disconnected. That is, according to the second modification, smartphone 100 can respond to a tethering request from a new wireless terminal without disconnecting established tethering.

The embodiments and modifications disclosed above can be combined.

<<Computer-readable recording medium>>
An information processing program that causes a computer or other machine or device (hereinafter referred to as a computer or the like) to implement any of the functions described above can be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. By causing a computer or the like to read and execute the program of this recording medium, the function can be provided.

Here, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action and can be read by a computer, etc. Say. Examples of such recording media that can be removed from a computer or the like include flexible discs, magneto-optical discs, Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R), and Compact Disc-ReWritable. (CD-RW), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Blu-ray Disc (BD), Digital Audio Tape (DAT), 8 mm tape, and memory cards such as flash memory. In addition, there are a hard disk, a ROM, and the like as recording media fixed to a computer or the like.

100 Smartphone 101 CPU
102 Main storage unit 103 Auxiliary storage unit 104 Wi-Fi communication unit 105 LTE communication unit 11 Tethering control unit 12 Terminal database 121 Terminal table 500 First wireless terminal 500a . . . second wireless terminal N1 .. wireless LAN
N2 LTE network

Claims

a first communication unit that communicates with the first wireless communication network;
a second communication unit that communicates with a second wireless communication network;
a storage unit;
A control unit that transmits a first beacon indicating a plurality of communication standards used by the first communication unit to the first communication unit at predetermined intervals,
The control unit
When another terminal receives a connection request indicating a communication standard used in the first wireless communication network via the first communication unit, the other terminal is connected to the second communication unit via the first communication unit and the second communication unit. 2 connect to the wireless communication network and store the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit;
When the connection request is received from the other terminal while the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit, the plurality of communication standards and the communication standard stored in the storage unit overlap with each other. causing the first communication unit to transmit a second beacon shown at predetermined intervals instead of the first beacon;
wireless terminal.
The control unit
when the second terminal receives a connection request indicating a communication standard used in the first wireless communication network while the other terminal is connected to the second wireless communication network, the second wireless communication network of the other terminal; disconnects from
changing the beacon to be transmitted by the first communication unit at predetermined intervals from the second beacon to the first beacon;
connecting the other terminal and the second terminal to the second wireless communication network via the first communication unit and the second communication unit;
A wireless terminal according to claim 1 .
The control unit
When the second terminal receives a connection request indicating a communication standard used in the first wireless communication network while the other terminal is connected to the second wireless communication network, the second beacon is transmitted at predetermined intervals. While the first communication unit continues to connect the second terminal to the second wireless communication network via the first communication unit and the second communication unit,
A wireless terminal according to claim 1 .
A computer comprising a first communication unit that communicates with a first wireless communication network, a second communication unit that communicates with a second wireless communication network, and a storage unit,
causing the first communication unit to transmit a first beacon indicating a plurality of communication standards used by the first communication unit at predetermined intervals;
When another terminal receives a connection request indicating a communication standard used in the first wireless communication network via the first communication unit, the other terminal is connected to the second communication unit via the first communication unit and the second communication unit. 2 connect to the wireless communication network and store the communication standard indicated by the connection request in the storage unit;
When the connection request is received from the other terminal while the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit, the plurality of communication standards and the communication standard stored in the storage unit overlap with each other. causing the first communication unit to transmit a second beacon shown at predetermined intervals instead of the first beacon;
Information processing methods.
A computer comprising a first communication unit that communicates with a first wireless communication network, a second communication unit that communicates with a second wireless communication network, and a storage unit,
causing the first communication unit to transmit a first beacon indicating a plurality of communication standards used by the first communication unit at a predetermined interval to the first communication unit, and sending a connection request indicating a communication standard used by another terminal in the first wireless communication network to the first communication unit; 1 communication unit, the other terminal is connected to the second wireless communication network through the first communication unit and the second communication unit, and the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit remember,
When the connection request is received from the other terminal while the communication standard indicated by the connection request is stored in the storage unit, the plurality of communication standards and the communication standard stored in the storage unit overlap with each other. causing the first communication unit to transmit a second beacon shown at predetermined intervals instead of the first beacon;
Information processing program.