JP4428578B2 - Wireless communication system and wireless communication method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention can communicate with a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network (PAN) or a small-scale wireless communication network, with a wireless device that communicates with the personal area network or the small-sized wireless communication network, and with an external network. The present invention relates to a wireless communication system having a wireless communication device having a plurality of hardware resources for wireless communication and a wireless communication method of the wireless communication system.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional wireless communication system. As shown in the figure, the wireless communication device 10 and the wireless device 20 communicate via a wireless section 30. The wireless communication device 10 includes a PAN communication hardware resource 11 and a PAN communication antenna 12, and performs communication through a personal area network using the PAN communication hardware resource 11 and the PAN communication antenna 12. The wireless communication device 10 also includes an external network communication hardware resource 13 and an external network communication antenna 14. The external network communication hardware resource 13 includes a plurality of wireless communication hardware such as a CPU, a DSP, and an FPGA. The hardware resources 13a to 13c are provided, and the external network communication hardware resource 13 and the external network communication antenna 14 are used to perform communication through an external network other than the personal area network and the small-scale wireless communication network. In this case, the wireless communication device 10 can use a plurality of wireless communication methods. The PAN communication hardware resource 11 and the external network communication hardware resource 13 are controlled by the control means 15. On the other hand, the wireless device 20 has a hardware resource 21 for PAN communication and an antenna 22 for PAN communication, and performs communication through a personal area network using the hardware resource 21 for PAN communication and the antenna 22 for PAN communication. Therefore, the wireless communication device 10 can communicate with the wireless device 20 through the personal area network. The wireless device 20 has a data input / output interface 23 for inputting / outputting from / to the outside. The PAN communication hardware resource 21 and the data input / output interface 23 are controlled by the control means 24.

In this wireless communication system, the wireless device 20 can communicate with the wireless communication device 10 via a personal area network, and the wireless communication device 10 can communicate with an external wireless communication device (not shown) via an external network. The wireless device 20 can communicate with an external wireless communication device via the wireless communication device 10. In this case, the wireless communication device 10 is connected between the wireless device 20 and the external wireless communication device in a state where the wireless communication device 10 is connected to the external wireless communication device through the external network using the external network communication hardware resource 13. It is necessary to relay the data transmitted by.
JP 2006-154958 A

  However, in such a wireless communication system, a part of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c is used. For example, the usage amount of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c is 60%, 75%, Even if there are 65% free resources (40%, 25%, and 35% of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c) that are not used by the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c, respectively, Only the wireless communication device 10 can use the free resource, and the wireless device 20 cannot borrow the free resource of the wireless communication device 10 to communicate with the external wireless communication device.

  In addition, the wireless device 20 can borrow the external network communication hardware resource 13 of the wireless communication device 10 to realize the wireless communication method information, the free resource information of the wireless communication device 10, and the wireless device 20 is the wireless communication device 10. The wireless device 20 cannot obtain information on a wireless communication method that can be realized using the available resources. Therefore, even if the wireless device 20 can communicate with the external wireless communication device by using the free resource of the wireless communication device 10, it is realized for the wireless device 20 by using the external network communication hardware resource 13. Since the available wireless communication method and the wireless communication method that can be realized using the available resources of the wireless communication device 10 are unknown, the wireless device 20 uses the available resources of the wireless communication device 10 in a more advantageous wireless communication method. Therefore, communication with the external wireless communication device cannot be performed.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method in which a wireless device can communicate with an external wireless communication device using available resources of the wireless communication device. With the goal.

  In order to achieve this object, in the present invention, a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network or a small wireless communication network, and the wireless device can communicate with the personal area network or the small wireless communication network, And a wireless communication device having a plurality of wireless communication hardware resources for communication via an external network, wherein the wireless communication device is a free resource that is not used by the wireless communication hardware resource Free resource related information generating means for generating free resource related information that is information relating to, free resource related information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource related information to the wireless device, and the wireless communication apparatus obtaining free resource borrowing desired information. When received Free resource lending control means for performing lending control of the free resource, and when the wireless device receives the free resource related information, the wireless device borrows the free resource based on the free resource related information. When the free resource borrowing desire determining means for determining whether or not it is desired and the free resource borrowing desire determining means determine that the free resource borrowing is desired, the free resource borrowing desire information is transmitted to the wireless communication device. An idle resource borrowing request information transmitting means and an idle resource borrowing means for borrowing the idle resource and performing wireless communication with an external wireless communication apparatus by the external network are provided.

  In this case, when the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource in a state where the free resource related information is not transmitted from the wireless communication device to the wireless device, the free resource related information is transmitted to the wireless communication device. The wireless device includes free resource related information transmission request means for transmitting free resource related information transmission request information to the wireless communication device, and the free communication related information generating means includes When the free resource related information transmission request information is received, the free resource related information may be generated.

  In these cases, the wireless communication apparatus can use a plurality of wireless communication methods, and the free resource related information generating unit is a list of realizable methods that are information of wireless communication methods that can be realized using the free resources. The table information may be generated as the free resource related information.

  In addition, the wireless communication apparatus can use a plurality of wireless communication systems, and the free resource related information generating unit is information on a list of required hardware resources when the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication system. Realization that has certain required hardware resource information and is information on a wireless communication system that can be realized using the available resources based on the information on the type and amount of available resources and the required hardware resource information The possible method list information may be generated as the free resource related information.

  The wireless communication apparatus can use a plurality of wireless communication systems, and the free resource borrowing desire determining means is information on a list of required hardware resources when the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication system. When there is certain required hardware resource information and the wireless device receives the information on the free resource type and free space as the free resource related information, the free resource type and free space information and the required hardware Based on the resource information, generate feasible method list information that is information of a wireless communication method that can be realized using the above-mentioned free resources, and desire to borrow free resources based on the above-mentioned feasible method list information It may be characterized by determining whether or not to do so.

  In these cases, the free resource related information generation unit or the free resource borrowing desire determination unit may update the required hardware resource information based on a change in the type of the wireless communication method.

  In these cases, the realizable method list information indicates the type and usage information of the hardware resource used in the wireless communication method that can be realized using the free resources, the maximum communication speed information, the minimum communication speed information, the communication. It has at least one of quality information, communication delay rate information, communication delay variation time information, communication start required time information, power consumption information, and remaining battery level information of the wireless communication device, and the feasible method list information is Information on the type and amount of hardware resources used in the wireless communication method that the wireless communication device is currently communicating with, the maximum communication speed information, the minimum communication speed information, the communication quality information, the throughput information, the frame error rate information, and the communication delay It may have at least one of time information and communication delay variation time information.

  In addition, a plurality of wireless devices that communicate with a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network can communicate with the wireless device through the personal area network or the small-scale wireless communication network, and communicate with an external network. In a wireless communication method of a wireless communication system including a wireless communication device having a wireless communication hardware resource, the wireless communication device is related to a free resource that is information on a free resource that is not used by the wireless communication hardware resource A free resource related information generation process for generating information, a free resource related information transmission process in which the wireless communication apparatus transmits the free resource related information to the wireless device, and a reception of the free resource related information by the wireless device , The above wireless A wireless resource borrowing request determination process for determining whether or not the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource based on the free resource related information, and when the wireless device determines that the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource, the wireless device Transmitting the free resource borrowing request information to the wireless communication device, and when the wireless communication device receives the free resource borrowing request information, the wireless communication device performs lending control of the free resource. A free resource lending control process to be performed, and a free resource borrowing process in which the wireless device borrows the free resource and performs wireless communication with an external wireless communication apparatus by the external network are characterized.

  In this case, when the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource in a state where the free resource related information is not transmitted from the wireless communication device to the wireless device, the wireless device transmits a free resource to the wireless communication device. Including a free resource related information transmission request process for requesting transmission of related information, and generating the free resource related information when the wireless communication apparatus receives the free resource related information in the free resource related information generation process. May be a feature.

  In the wireless communication apparatus capable of communicating with a wireless device through a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network and having a plurality of wireless communication hardware resources for communicating through an external network, the wireless communication hardware resource Free resource related information generating means for generating free resource related information, which is information related to unused resources, unused resource related information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource related information to the wireless device, and the wireless device. It is characterized by comprising empty resource lending control means for performing lending control of empty resources when receiving empty resource borrowing desired information.

  Further, in a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network and can communicate with the wireless communication device through the personal-area network or the small-scale wireless communication network, the wireless communication device to the wireless communication device When the free resource related information, which is information related to the free resource not used by the wireless communication hardware resource, is received, it is determined whether or not the free resource is desired to be borrowed based on the free resource related information. A resource borrowing desire determination means; and a free resource borrowing desire information transmission means for transmitting the free resource borrowing desire information to the wireless communication device when the free resource borrowing desire determination means determines that the free resource borrowing hope is desired. Free resources above And use is characterized in that a free resource borrowing means for an external wireless communication device and wireless communication by the external network.

  In the wireless communication system and the wireless communication method according to the present invention, the wireless device can communicate with the external wireless communication device using the free resource of the wireless communication device, and the wireless communication device can use the free resource to the wireless device. By renting out, it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of hardware resources for wireless communication of the wireless communication device.

  Also, when the free resource related information generating means generates the realizable method list information as the free resource related information, whether or not the free resource borrowing desire determining means desires to borrow the free resource based on the realizable method list information Since the wireless device can obtain information on the wireless communication method that can be realized by using the available resources of the wireless communication device, the wireless device can wirelessly use a more advantageous wireless communication method. It is possible to communicate with an external wireless communication device by using free resources of the communication device.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a radio communication system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the wireless communication apparatus 10 includes a free resource related information generating unit 16, a free resource related information transmitting unit 17, and a free resource lending control unit 18. Then, the free resource related information generating means 16 has information on the types and free amounts of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c, for example, the free amounts of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c are 40% and 25%, respectively. Free resource information that is 35% information is generated. The free resource related information transmission unit 17 transmits the free resource information generated by the free resource related information generation unit 16 to the wireless device 20. Also, the vacant resource lending control unit 18 performs vacant resource lending control when the wireless communication apparatus 10 receives vacant resource borrowing request information (described later) from the wireless device 20. On the other hand, the wireless device 20 includes a vacant resource borrowing desire determining unit 25, a vacant resource borrowing desire information transmitting unit 26, and a vacant resource borrowing unit 27. Then, when the wireless device 20 receives the free resource information from the wireless communication device 10, the free resource borrowing desire determination unit 25 determines whether or not the free resource borrowing is desired based on the free resource information. For example, the free resource information is information indicating that the free amounts of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c are 40%, 25%, and 35%, respectively, and the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c of the wireless communication device 10 are included. When the required usage of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c in realizing the wireless communication method desired by borrowing 13c is 20%, 15%, and 25%, respectively, the determination of the vacant resource borrowing determination The means 25 determines that it wants to borrow the free resource, and the hardware resource for wireless communication when realizing the wireless communication system desired for communication performed by borrowing the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c of the wireless communication device 10 When the required usage of 13a to 13c is 20%, 30% and 25%, respectively, Required amount of hardware resources 13b determines because greater than the available amount of the radio communication hardware resources 13b, free resource borrowing desired determination unit 25 does not wish to borrow available resource. The free resource borrowing request information transmitting unit 26 transmits the free resource borrowing request information to the wireless communication apparatus 10 when the free resource borrowing request determination unit 25 determines that the free resource borrowing determination unit 25 desires to borrow a free resource. The free resource borrowing means 27 borrows free resources and performs wireless communication with an external wireless communication apparatus through an external network using the free resources. Other configurations are the same as those of the wireless communication system shown in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 1, that is, the wireless communication method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the free resource related information generating means 16 of the wireless communication device 10 generates free resource information (S1, free resource related information generating process). Next, the free resource related information transmitting means 17 of the wireless communication device 10 transmits the free resource information to the wireless device 20 (S2, free resource related information transmitting process). Next, when the wireless device 20 receives the vacant resource information from the wireless communication device 10, the vacant resource borrowing desire determining means 25 of the wireless device 20 determines whether or not to borrow the vacant resource based on the vacant resource information. If the free resource borrowing desire determination means 25 determines that the free resource borrowing is not desired (S3, free resource borrowing desire determination process), the process ends. Next, when the free resource borrowing desire determining unit 25 determines that the free resource borrowing is desired, the free resource borrowing desired information transmitting unit 26 of the wireless device 20 transmits the free resource borrowing desired information to the wireless communication device 10 (S4). , Free resource borrowing desired information transmission process). Next, when the wireless communication device 10 receives the vacant resource borrowing request information from the wireless device 20, the vacant resource lending control means 18 of the wireless communication device 10 performs rent resource lending control (S5, vacant resource lending control process). . Next, the vacant resource borrowing means 27 of the wireless device 20 borrows the vacant resource, and performs wireless communication with the external wireless communication device by the external network using the vacant resource (S6, vacant resource borrowing process).

  In such a wireless communication system and wireless communication method, the wireless device 20 can communicate with an external wireless communication device using the free resources of the wireless communication device 10. In addition, the wireless communication device 10 lends unused resources that are not used by the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c to the wireless device 20, thereby improving the utilization efficiency of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c. .

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another wireless communication system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the wireless device 20 includes a free resource related information transmission request unit 28, and the free resource related information transmission request unit 28 does not transmit free resource information from the wireless communication apparatus 10 to the wireless device 20. When the wireless device 20 desires to borrow the free resource of the wireless communication device 10 in the state, the wireless communication device 10 transmits the free resource related information transmission request information, which is information requesting the wireless communication device 10 to transmit the free resource related information. Send to. The free resource related information generating unit 16 generates free resource information when the wireless communication apparatus 10 receives the free resource related information transmission request information from the wireless device 20. Other configurations are the same as those of the wireless communication system shown in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the wireless communication system shown in FIG. 3, that is, another wireless communication method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the wireless device 20 desires to borrow the free resource of the wireless communication device 10 in a state where the free resource information is not transmitted from the wireless communication device 10 to the wireless device 20 (S1), the free resource related information of the wireless device 20 is displayed. The transmission request unit 28 transmits the free resource related information transmission request information to the wireless communication apparatus 10 (S2, free resource related information transmission request process). Next, when the wireless communication device 10 receives the free resource related information transmission request information from the wireless device 20, the free resource related information generating means 16 of the wireless communication device 10 generates free resource information (S3, free resource related information). Generation process). Next, the vacant resource related information transmission means 17 of the wireless communication device 10 transmits the vacant resource information to the wireless device 20 (S4, vacant resource related information transmission process). Next, when the wireless device 20 receives the vacant resource information from the wireless communication device 10, the vacant resource borrowing desire determining means 25 of the wireless device 20 determines whether or not to borrow the vacant resource based on the vacant resource information. If the free resource borrowing desire determination means 25 determines that it does not wish to borrow a free resource (S5, free resource borrowing determination process), the process ends. Next, when the free resource borrowing desire determining unit 25 determines that the free resource borrowing is desired, the free resource borrowing desired information transmitting unit 26 of the wireless device 20 transmits the free resource borrowing desired information to the wireless communication device 10 ( S6, free resource borrowing desired information transmission process). Next, when the wireless communication device 10 receives the vacant resource borrowing request information from the wireless device 20, the vacant resource lending control means 18 of the wireless communication device 10 performs rent resource lending control (S7, vacant resource lending control process). . Next, the vacant resource borrowing means 27 of the wireless device 20 borrows the vacant resource, and performs wireless communication with the external wireless communication device by the external network using the vacant resource (S8, vacant resource borrowing process).

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the wireless device 20 communicates with the personal area network and the wireless communication device 10 can communicate with the wireless device 20 via the personal area network has been described. It is apparent that the present invention can be applied to a case where communication is performed through a communication network and the wireless communication apparatus can communicate with the wireless device 20 through a small-scale wireless communication network.

  In the above embodiment, the free resource related information generating unit 16 for generating free resource information (free resource related information) is used as the free resource related information generating unit for generating free resource related information, and the free resource is used. Determining whether to request borrowing of free resources based on free resource information (free resource related information) as a means of determining whether to borrow free resources based on related information The free resource borrowing desire determination means 26 is used, but as the free resource related information generation means, the realizable system list information which is information on the wireless communication system list of the wireless communication apparatus that can be realized using free resources. Realized as a means to determine whether to borrow available resources using information that generates (free resource related information) It may also be used to determine whether you wish to borrow available resource based on the capability scheme table information (free resource related information). In this case, for example, the vacant amounts of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c are 40%, 25%, and 35%, respectively, and the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c for realizing the first wireless communication method are used. When the required usage amounts are 20%, 15%, and 25%, respectively, it is determined that the first wireless communication method is a wireless communication method that can be realized using available resources, and the second wireless communication method is realized. When the required usage of the radio communication hardware resources 13a to 13c is 20%, 30%, and 25%, respectively, the required usage of the radio communication hardware resource 13b is equal to that of the radio communication hardware resource 13b. Since it is larger than the available amount, it is determined that the second wireless communication method is not a wireless communication method that can be realized using available resources.

  In addition, as the free resource related information generating means, it has required hardware resource information that is a list of required hardware resources when the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication method, and includes the type and amount of free resources. Based on the information and the required hardware resource information, use a resource that generates feasible method list information, which is information on a wireless communication method that can be realized by using a free resource. As the determination unit, when the wireless device receives the feasible method list information, a device that determines whether or not to borrow an available resource based on the feasible method list information may be used. In this case, the required hardware resource information includes, for example, the required usage amounts of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c when realizing the first wireless communication method are 20%, 15%, and 25%, respectively. This is information that the required usage of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c when realizing the wireless communication method is 20%, 30%, and 25%, respectively. Then, when generating the feasible method list information based on the information on the type and amount of free resources and the required hardware resource information, for example, 40% of the free amount of each of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c, 25%, 35%, and the required usage of each of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c of the first wireless communication system 20%, 15%, 25%, wireless communication hardware of the second wireless communication system Comparing the required usage amounts 20%, 30%, and 25% of each of the resources 13a to 13c, whether or not the first and second wireless communication systems are wireless communication systems that can be realized by using free resources. Determine whether.

  In these cases, since the wireless device can obtain information on the wireless communication method that can be realized by using the available resources of the wireless communication device, the wireless device can acquire the wireless communication device with a more advantageous wireless communication method. It is possible to communicate with an external wireless communication device using the available resources.

  In addition, as a free resource related information generating means, a means for generating free resource type and free space information (free resource related information) is used, and as a free resource borrowing desire determining means, the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication system. The required hardware resource information that is the information of the required hardware resource list when the wireless device receives the information on the type of free resource and the free space information as free resource related information from the wireless communication device, Based on the information on the type and amount of free resources and the required hardware resource information, generate feasible method list information that is information on wireless communication methods that can be realized by using free resources, and list of realizable methods You may use what determines whether borrowing of a free resource is desired based on table | surface information.

  In this case, the vacant resource borrowing desire determining means can generate information on a wireless communication method that can be realized by using the available resource of the wireless communication device, so that the wireless device can use a more advantageous wireless communication method. It is possible to communicate with an external wireless communication device by using free resources of the wireless communication device.

  In addition, a free resource related information generation unit and a free resource borrowing desire determination unit that update required hardware resource information based on a change in the type of the wireless communication system of the wireless communication device may be used. For example, when the type of the conventional wireless communication method of the wireless communication device is the first to third wireless communication methods, when the fourth wireless communication method is added, the conventional required hardware resource information is newly added. A free resource related information generating unit and a free resource borrowing desire determining unit that perform updating to add information on the required amount of each of the wireless communication hardware resources 13a to 13c when realizing the fourth wireless communication system are used. .

  In addition, the free resource related information generation means and the free resource borrowing desire determination means can use the free resources to realize the type and amount of hardware resources used in the wireless communication method, the maximum communication speed information, and the minimum communication speed. Information, communication quality information, communication delay time information, communication delay fluctuation time information, communication start required time information, power consumption information, and wireless communication device battery remaining amount information. Wireless communication method during communication, information on the type and usage of hardware resources used by the wireless communication method currently being communicated by the wireless communication device, maximum communication speed information, minimum communication speed information, communication quality information, throughput information, frame Generate feasible method list information having at least one of error rate information, communication delay time information, and communication delay variation time information It may be. Here, the communication start required time information is information on a time required until a wireless communication method that can be realized using an available resource starts communication.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and any of the above embodiments may be combined.

It is a block block diagram which shows the radio | wireless communications system which concerns on this invention. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a radio communication method according to the present invention. It is a block block diagram which shows the other radio | wireless communications system which concerns on this invention. 6 is a flowchart for explaining another wireless communication method according to the present invention. It is a block block diagram which shows the conventional radio | wireless communications system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Wireless communication apparatus 13a ... Wireless communication hardware resource 13b ... Wireless communication hardware resource 13c ... Wireless communication hardware resource 16 ... Free resource related information generation means 17 ... Free resource related information transmission means 18 ... Free resource lending Control means 20 ... Wireless device 25 ... Available resource borrowing desire determining means 26 ... Available resource borrowing desired information transmitting means 27 ... Available resource borrowing means 28 ... Available resource related information transmission request means

Claims (11)

A plurality of wireless communication devices capable of communicating with a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network, and with the wireless device via the personal area network or the small-scale wireless communication network, and communicates with an external network In a wireless communication system having a wireless communication device with hardware resources for
The wireless communication device is
Free resource related information generating means for generating free resource related information, which is information relating to unused resources of the wireless communication hardware resource;
Free resource related information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource related information to the wireless device;
When the wireless communication device receives the vacant resource borrowing information, the vacant resource lending control means for performing the rent resource lending control,
The wireless device
When the wireless device receives the free resource related information, a free resource borrowing desire determining means for determining whether or not to borrow the free resource based on the free resource related information;
When the free resource borrowing desire determining means determines that the free resource borrowing is desired, the free resource borrowing desire information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource borrowing desired information to the wireless communication device;
A wireless communication system comprising: free resource borrowing means for borrowing the free resource and performing wireless communication with an external wireless communication device by the external network. When the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource in a state where the free resource related information is not transmitted from the wireless communication device to the wireless device, the wireless communication device is requested to transmit the free resource related information. Free resource related information transmission request information for transmitting free resource related information transmission request information as information to the wireless communication device is provided in the wireless device,
The wireless communication system according to claim 1, wherein the free resource related information generating means generates the free resource related information when the wireless communication apparatus receives the free resource related information transmission request information. The wireless communication device can use a plurality of wireless communication methods,
The free resource related information generating means generates feasible method list information, which is information of a wireless communication method that can be realized using the free resource, as the free resource related information. The wireless communication system according to 2. The wireless communication device can use a plurality of wireless communication methods,
The free resource related information generating means has required hardware resource information which is information of a list of required hardware resources when the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication system, and the type and free amount of the free resource Based on the information of the above and the required hardware resource information, the feasible method list information that is information of a wireless communication method that can be realized by using the free resource is generated as the free resource related information. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 or 2. The wireless communication device can use a plurality of wireless communication methods,
The vacant resource borrowing desire determining means has required hardware resource information which is information of a list of required hardware resources when the wireless communication apparatus realizes each wireless communication method, and the wireless device relates to the vacant resource When the information on the type of free resource and the amount of free resource is received as information, the radio that can be realized using the free resource based on the information on the type of free resource and free space and the required hardware resource information The feasible method list information which is information of the communication method is generated, and it is determined whether or not the borrowing of the free resource is desired based on the feasible method list information. The wireless communication system described.   6. The free resource related information generation unit or the free resource borrowing desire determination unit updates the required hardware resource information based on a change in the type of the wireless communication method. Wireless communication system. The realizable method list information is information on the type and amount of hardware resources used in the wireless communication method that can be realized using the free resources, the maximum communication speed information, the minimum communication speed information, the communication quality information, and the communication. At least one of delay time information, communication delay variation time information, communication start required time information, power consumption information, and battery remaining amount information of the wireless communication device,
The list of feasible methods is the wireless communication method that the wireless communication device is currently communicating with, the type and usage information of the hardware resources used and the wireless communication method that the wireless communication device is currently communicating, and the maximum communication speed. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising at least one of information, minimum communication speed information, communication quality information, throughput information, frame error rate information, communication delay time information, and communication delay variation time information. Wireless communication system. A plurality of wireless communication devices capable of communicating with a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network, and with the wireless device via the personal area network or the small-scale wireless communication network, and communicates with an external network In a wireless communication method of a wireless communication system comprising a wireless communication device having hardware resources for use,
A free resource related information generation process in which the wireless communication device generates free resource related information that is information related to a free resource that is not used by the wireless communication hardware resource;
A free resource related information transmission process in which the wireless communication device transmits the free resource related information to the wireless device;
When the wireless device receives the free resource related information, a free resource borrowing request determination process for determining whether the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource based on the free resource related information;
When it is determined that the wireless device wants to borrow an unused resource, the wireless device transmits an available resource borrowing desired information to the wireless communication device.
When the wireless communication device receives the free resource borrowing information, the wireless communication device performs a free resource lending control process in which the wireless communication device performs lending control of a free resource;
A wireless communication method comprising: a wireless resource borrowing process in which the wireless device borrows the free resource and performs wireless communication with an external wireless communication device by the external network. When the wireless device desires to borrow the free resource in a state where the free resource related information is not transmitted from the wireless communication device to the wireless device, the wireless device transmits the free resource related information to the wireless communication device. Including a free resource related information transmission request process for requesting transmission,
9. The wireless communication method according to claim 8, wherein, in the free resource related information generation step, the free resource related information is generated when the wireless communication apparatus receives the free resource related information. In a wireless communication apparatus capable of communicating with a wireless device via a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network and having a plurality of wireless communication hardware resources for communicating via an external network,
Free resource related information generating means for generating free resource related information, which is information relating to unused resources of the wireless communication hardware resource;
Free resource related information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource related information to the wireless device;
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a free resource lending control unit that performs lending control of a free resource when receiving the free resource borrowing information from the wireless device. In a wireless device that communicates with a personal area network or a small-scale wireless communication network and can communicate with a wireless communication device through the personal area network or the small-scale wireless communication network,
When free resource related information, which is information related to unused resources of the wireless communication hardware resources of the wireless communication device, is received from the wireless communication device, the free resources are borrowed based on the free resource related information. A free resource borrowing desire determination means for determining whether or not to request,
When the free resource borrowing desire determining means determines that the free resource borrowing is desired, the free resource borrowing desire information transmitting means for transmitting the free resource borrowing desired information to the wireless communication device;
A wireless device comprising: free resource borrowing means for borrowing the free resource and performing wireless communication with an external wireless communication device by the external network.

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