Wireless communications apparatus, and routing control and packet transmission technique in wireless network

摘要

A wireless communications apparatus used in a wireless communications network consisting of multiple wireless communications apparatuses mutually connected via wireless links includes (a) a buffer configured to temporarily store information received from an adjacent wireless communications apparatus or a user terminal located under the wireless communications apparatus; (b) a routing control information processing unit that estimates a node cost representing traffic at the wireless communications apparatus and a link cost representing a radio condition of the link to determine a transmission route based on cost information reflecting both the node cost and the link cost; and (c) a routing control unit that designates a next hop to which information accumulated in the buffer is to be transmitted according to the determined transmission route.