WIRELESS LAN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR WIRELESS LAN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

摘要

A wireless LAN communication terminal and its communication control method are provided that make it possible to configure desired security between the terminal and an other-end terminal, without increasing power consumption of the terminals. The wireless LAN communication terminal (103) in a wireless LAN system including an access point (102), if the other-end terminal (101) has connected to the access point 102, acquires from the other-end terminal information about security functions the other-end terminal has and information about a current connection with the access point; compares the security function information and the connection information on the other-end terminal with its own security policy; selects, based on results of the comparisons, either a direct connection (106) with the other-end terminal or a relay connection (105) via the access point so that the security policy is met; and performs communication with the other-end terminals by using the selected connection.