US 12,192,874 B2
Node, communication system, and communication method
Yoshiyuki Masuda, Osaka (JP); and Chang Wenn Tok, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,690.
Application 17/702,690 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/036978, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-180830 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217609 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04W 84/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A node that performs multi-hop communication, the node comprising:
a relay node determiner configured to determine a relay node from a plurality of relay node candidates having path information of a path to a master node, the relay node being configured to perform relaying,
at least when a number of lower nodes of each of the relay node candidates is within a predetermined range, the relay node determiner being configured to determine the relay node so that a relay node candidate having a larger number of lower nodes is more likely to be determined as the relay node than a relay node candidate having a smaller number of lower nodes.