Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a function information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, function information relating to a function of the wireless communication device, a function information receiving unit for receiving function information transmitted from another device, a function information comparison unit for comparing the function information of the wireless communication device and the function information received from such other device, and a function determination unit for determining which of the wireless communication device and such other device is to play a function of an access point, based on a result of the comparison by the function information comparison unit.

Abstract: A communication system including a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus in wireless communication is provided. The communication terminal apparatus includes a first communication unit operable to receive a first wireless signal, and a first control unit operable to determine a distance between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus based on the received first wireless signal, wherein the first control unit limits a predetermined function of the communication terminal apparatus based on determining the distance. The wireless key apparatus includes a second communication unit operable to receive a second wireless signal, and a second control unit operable to determine the distance between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus based on the received second wireless signal, whereby the second control unit decreases transmission power associated with the second communication unit based on the determined distance.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a control unit for performing a processing on communication data and a memory storing the communication data, in which the control unit performs a processing on data received via a direct link path and a path via a relay point, stores the data received via the respective paths in plural reorder buffers corresponding to the communication paths set in the memory, after a communication path switch decision processing, stores data from a new channel in a new channel reorder buffer and prohibits transfer to a higher-level layer, and when data indicating a trailing end frame is received from an existing channel, or a stand-by time elapses, or the data stored in the reorder buffer for the new channel reaches a specified threshold, performs a transfer processing for the data stored in the reorder buffer for the new channel to the higher-level layer.

Abstract: In a case when a wireless communication is carried out between a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus in which one of the two apparatuses which carry out the communication becomes a master and the other one becomes a slave, the slave detects a signal from the master and the wireless communication is carried out by a wireless communication system executing the wireless connection between the two apparatuses, it is constituted such that each of the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus includes communication means for carrying out the wireless communication, and control means; and in a case when the wireless communication state between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus is a non-connection state, the side which becomes the master is to transmit a signal asking for a “response from the slave” intermittently by changing the period into a plurality of steps in response to the non-connection time period and the side which becomes th

Abstract: A head set apparatus capable of a wireless communication by a predetermined wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes at least a first communication mode and a second communication mode. The first communication mode enables a data transfer with a partner apparatus and a second communication mode carries out a wireless communication with the partner apparatus with a period shorter than that of the communication in the first communication mode while the wireless connected state remains. The head set apparatus includes a communication section for carrying out a wireless communication by the predetermined wireless communication system and a control section for making the head set function as a head set when the communication state in the communication means is in the first communication mode and for making the head set function as a wireless key for security when the communication state is in the second communication mode.

Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus including judgment means for judging or presuming the wireless communication state or the wireless communication distance in a communication circuit. The communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus are wireless-connected, and in a case when a communication state for carrying out a wireless communication intermittently is set in each communication circuit and there is judgment or presumption of a predetermined state in the judgment means in a state in which the wireless connection is maintained, the mode setting relating to the function limitation or the notification mode setting relating to the function limitation is to be changed.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitting portion to transmit a data signal to other wireless communication apparatus, a receiving portion to receive a reception confirmation signal indicating reception of the data signal by the other wireless communication apparatus from the other wireless communication apparatus during a specified period, a determination portion to determine that a predetermined requirement is satisfied if the receiving portion receives a given signal during the specified period, and a control portion to control the transmitting portion to request the other wireless communication apparatus to retransmit the reception confirmation signal if the receiving portion does not normally receive the reception confirmation signal and the determination portion determines that the predetermined requirement is satisfied.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus having a wireless communication function capable of using a plurality of transmission rates. The wireless communication apparatus includes utilization-factor calculation means for calculating a utilization factor of a wireless transmission path through which wireless communication is performed using the wireless communication function; and determination means for determining a transmission rate at least on the basis of the utilization factor calculated by the utilization-factor calculation means.

Abstract: A communication system that includes a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus and in which wireless communication is possible. A first communication mode attempts a wireless connection in a first period in order to carry out a wireless communication between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus and a second communication mode carries out a wireless communication between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus in a second period longer than that of the connection mode of the wireless connected state.

Abstract: An information and method acquiring an environment information relevant to an execution of a predetermined process determining a processing condition based on the environment information and executing the process in accordance with the processing condition at predetermined timing.

Abstract: It was constituted such that in a case when a function of the communication terminal apparatus 10 is limited in response to a wireless communication state between the communication terminal apparatus 10 and the wireless key apparatus 50, it is controlled in the wireless key apparatus 50 such that a communication connection with the communication terminal apparatus 10 is to be carried out; the function of the terminal apparatus 10 is to limited in the communication terminal apparatus 10 in a case when a predetermined communication state cannot be maintained with respect to the wireless key apparatus 50 and at the same time; and in a case when it is detected that the terminal apparatus 10 exists in a predetermined region such as in the vicinity of the apparatus 10 or the like, the function of the terminal apparatus 10 is not to be limited regardless of the communication state with respect to the wireless key apparatus 50.

Abstract: A portable terminal monitors a signal level of a short-range wireless signal from a wireless communication apparatus. If the signal level drops so low that a state of connection for short-range wireless communications cannot be maintained between the two apparatuses, use of predetermined functions of the portable terminal is limited. A short-range wireless communication facility of the portable terminal and the wireless communication apparatus move into a particular operation mode if communications do not occur therebetween at least for a predetermined time period. In monitoring the signal level of the wireless signal from the wireless communication apparatus in the particular operation mode, the portable terminal reduces a response speed at which to detect a signal level change.

Abstract: According to the present invention makes, even if two of mobile communication terminal apparatuses such as a wireless key apparatus and a mobile telephone terminal apparatus or the like are utilized in various possessing states, it is made possible to maintain a stable distance detection accuracy. In a communication apparatus in which A distance to a connection partner terminal is detected according to a certain parameter and in a case when the distance exceeds a predetermined value, a function limitation or notification to a user is carried out, it is identified that the two of the mobile communication terminals lie in a predetermined appropriate distance according to a manual or automatic method and the proper distance identification information and further receiving state and transmission power at that time if they are necessary are communicated mutually and a parameter used for a distance detection is adjusted.

Abstract: It was constituted such that in a case when a function of the communication terminal apparatus 10 is limited in response to a wireless communication state between the communication terminal apparatus 10 and the wireless key apparatus 50, it is controlled in the wireless key apparatus 50 such that a communication connection with the communication terminal apparatus 10 is to be carried out; the function of the terminal apparatus 10 is to limited in the communication terminal apparatus 10 in a case when a predetermined communication state cannot be maintained with respect to the wireless key apparatus 50 and at the same time; and in a case when it is detected that the terminal apparatus 10 exists in a predetermined region such as in the vicinity of the apparatus 90 or the like, the function of the terminal apparatus 10 is not to be limited regardless of the communication state with respect to the wireless key apparatus 50.

Abstract: In a case when a wireless communication is carried out between a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus in which one of the two apparatuses which carry out the communication becomes a master and the other one becomes a slave, the slave detects a signal from the master and the wireless communication is carried out by a wireless communication system executing the wireless connection between the two apparatuses, it is constituted such that each of the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus includes communication means for carrying out the wireless communication, and control means; and in a case when the wireless communication state between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus is a non-connection state, the side which becomes the master is to transmit a signal asking for a “response from the slave” intermittently by changing the period into a plurality of steps in response to the non-connection time period and the side which becomes th

Abstract: According to the present invention makes, even if two of mobile communication terminal apparatuses such as a wireless key apparatus and a mobile telephone terminal apparatus or the like are utilized in various possessing states, it is made possible to maintain a stable distance detection accuracy. In a communication apparatus in which A distance to a connection partner terminal is detected according to a certain parameter and in a case when the distance exceeds a predetermined value, a function limitation or notification to a user is carried out, it is identified that the two of the mobile communication terminals lie in a predetermined appropriate distance according to a manual or automatic method and the proper distance identification information and further receiving state and transmission power at that time if they are necessary are communicated mutually and a parameter used for a distance detection is adjusted.

Abstract: A head set apparatus capable of a wireless communication by a predetermined wireless communication system, wherein the predetermined wireless communication system includes at least a first communication mode which enables a data transfer with a partner apparatus to be communicated and a second communication mode for carrying out a wireless communication with the partner apparatus with a period shorter than that of the communication in the first communication mode while the wireless connected state remains; and the head set apparatus includes communication means for carrying out a wireless communication by the predetermined wireless communication system and control means for making the head set function as a head set when the communication state in the communication means is in the first communication mode and for making the head set function as a wireless key for security when the communication state is in the second communication.

Abstract: A portable terminal monitors a signal level of a short-range wireless signal from a wireless communication apparatus. If the signal level drops so low that a state of connection for short-range wireless communications cannot be maintained between the two apparatuses, use of predetermined functions of the portable terminal is limited. A short-range wireless communication facility of the portable terminal and the wireless communication apparatus move into a particular operation mode if communications do not occur therebetween at least for a predetermined time period. In monitoring the signal level of the wireless signal from the wireless communication apparatus in the particular operation mode, the portable terminal reduces a response speed at which to detect a signal level change.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an idea in which, for example, an operation for limiting a function of a communication terminal apparatus such as a mobile telephone terminal or the like functions preferably by using a wireless communication. In the present invention, a communication system which includes a communication terminal apparatus and a wireless key apparatus and in which a wireless communication is possible is constituted by a predetermined wireless communication system which at least includes a first communication mode for attempting a wireless connection in a first period in order to carry out a wireless communication between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus and a second communication mode for carrying out a wireless communication between the communication terminal apparatus and the wireless key apparatus in a second period longer than that of the connection mode in case of the wireless connected state.