Communication system, communication apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract

A multiple control station (201) transmits a first broadcast frame including a first identifier for identifying a first host (202) and a second broadcast frame including a second identifier for identifying a second host (203) to a terminal station (52) over a wireless channel using time division. The multiple control station then receives a connection request frame that requests connection with the first host (202) or the second host (203) from the terminal station (52). Arbitration is then performed so that the terminal station is connected to the first host or the second host in accordance with the first identifier or the second identifier included in the received connection request frame.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to a communication system, communication equipment and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a conventional technology developed as a means for connecting peripheral devices to a personal computer. A personal computer is generally used as a host, and peripheral devices such as printers, image scanners, etc. are used as devices. [0003] However, in recent years, the USB standard has also been used to interconnect other consumer devices, and therefore, devices other than personal computers have also begun to be used as USB hosts. An example of this situation is a direct printing scheme, in which a digital still camera (DSC) and a printer are connected one-to-one via USB, and the photographed images stored in the digital still camera are printed out through the printer. In this case, the printer is used as the host, and the digital still camera is used as the device. [0004] Generally spea...

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In this case, there will be a problem that other WUSB devices cannot be connected to the personal computer while the adapter function is stopped

For this reason, the user needs to perform an operation for connecting or disconnecting the device to or from the wired interface in order to switch the operation mode, resulting in a lack of convenience in the system

[0018] Finally, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 3, printing and external connection are limited to a single wireless terminal, so multiple functions cannot be simultaneously provided to multiple wireless terminals that exist

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