Wireless communication system, method for wireless communication, and wireless station

1. A wireless communication system comprising a plurality of wireless stations including a first wireless station, a second wireless station, and a third wireless station, the wireless communication system comprising:

a first controller that obtains a transmission timing at which the third wireless station transmits first notification information to the second wireless station, the first notification information indicating that the third wireless station is to communicate with the second wireless station; and

a first communicator that transmits second notification information to the second wireless station at the obtained transmission timing, the second notification information indicating that the first wireless station is to directly communicate with the second wireless station, wherein:

the first communicator transmits first communication request information to the third wireless station, the first communication request information requesting direct communication between the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the third wireless station comprises a second communicator that transmits, when the first communication request information is received from the first wireless station and a first execution condition is satisfied, first communication response information indicating permission for the direct communication to the first wireless station and transmits, when the first communication request information is received from the first wireless station and the first execution condition is not satisfied, first communication response information indicating rejection for the direct communication to the first wireless station; and

the first communicator transmits, when the first communication response information indicating the permission for the direct communication is received from the third wireless station, the second notification information to the second wireless station, and does not transmit, when the first communication response information indicating the rejection for the direct communication is received from the third wireless station, the second notification information.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission timing is determined based on fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station;

the third wireless station comprises a second controller that obtains, based on the first wireless station identifying information contained in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station, and obtains the transmission timing based on the obtained fundamental information and the first or second wireless station identifying information;

the second communicator transmits the first communication response information including transmission timing information representing the obtained transmission timing to the first wireless station; and

the first controller obtains the transmission timing represented by the transmission timing information included in the first communication response information received from the third wireless station.

3. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the transmission timing is determined based on fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station;

the third wireless station comprises a second controller that obtains, based on the first wireless station identifying information included in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station;

the second communicator transmits the first communication response information including at least part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station and transmits a remaining part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station; and

the first controller obtains, based on the fundamental information received from the third wireless station and the first or second wireless station identifying information, the transmission timing.

4. A method for wireless communication in a wireless communication system including a plurality of wireless stations including a first wireless station, a second wireless station, and a third wireless station, the method comprising:

obtaining a transmission timing at which the third wireless station transmits first notification information to the second wireless station, the first notification information indicating that the third wireless station is to communicate with the second wireless station; and

transmitting second notification information to the second wireless station at the obtained transmission timing, the second notification information indicating that the first wireless station is to directly communicate with the second wireless station, wherein:

at the first wireless station,

transmitting first communication request information to the third wireless station, the first communication request information requesting direct communication between the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

at the third wireless station,

transmitting, when the third wireless station receives the first communication request information from the first wireless station and a first execution condition is satisfied, first communication response information indicating permission for the direct communication to the first wireless station and transmitting, when the third wireless station receives the first communication request information from the first wireless station and a first execution condition is not satisfied, first communication response information indicating rejection for the direct communication to the first wireless station; and

in the transmitting of the second notification information,

transmitting, when the first wireless station receives the first communication response information indicating the permission for the direct communication from the third wireless station, the second notification information to the second wireless station, and not transmitting, when the first wireless station receives the first communication response information indicating the rejection for the direct communication from the third wireless station, the second notification information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein:

the transmission timing is determined based on fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station; and

the method further comprises

at the third wireless station, in the transmitting of the first communication response information, obtaining, based on the first wireless station identifying information included in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station, obtaining the transmission timing based on the obtained fundamental information and the first or second wireless station identifying information, and transmitting the first communication response information including transmission timing information representing the obtained transmission timing to the first wireless station, and

at the first wireless station, in the obtaining of the transmission timing, obtaining the transmission timing represented by the transmission timing information included in the first communication response information received from the third wireless station.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein:

the transmission timing is determined based on fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station; and

the method further comprises

at the third wireless station, in the transmitting of the first communication response information, obtaining, based on the first wireless station identifying information contained in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station, and transmitting the first communication response information including at least part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station,

at the third wireless station, transmitting a remaining part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station; and

at the first wireless station, in the obtaining of the transmission timing, obtaining, based on the fundamental information received from the third wireless station and the first or second wireless station identifying information, the transmission timing.

7. A third wireless station that communicates with a plurality of wireless stations including a first wireless station and a second wireless station, comprising:

a controller that obtains a transmission timing at which first notification information indicating that the third wireless station is to communicate with the second wireless station is transmitted, or fundamental information based on which the transmission timing is determined; and

a communicator that transmits the obtained transmission timing or the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station, or that transmits second notification information to the second wireless station at the obtained transmission timing, the second notification information indicating that the first wireless station is to directly communicate with the second wireless station, wherein

in a case where first communication request information is received from the first wireless station, the first communication request information requesting direct communication between the first wireless station and the second wireless station,

the communicator causes, when a first execution condition is satisfied, the first wireless station to transmit second notification information indicating that the first wireless station is to directly communicate with the second wireless station at the transmission timing by transmitting first communication response information indicating permission for the direct communication to the first wireless station, and

the communicator transmits, when the first execution condition is not satisfied, first communication response information indicating rejection for the direct communication to the first wireless station.

8. The third wireless station according to claim 7 , wherein

the transmission timing is determined based on the fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station;

the controller obtains, based on the first wireless station identifying information included in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station, and obtains the transmission timing based on the obtained fundamental information and the first or second wireless station identifying information; and

the communicator transmits the first communication response information including transmission timing information representing the obtained transmission timing to the first wireless station.

9. The third wireless station according to claim 7 , wherein:

the transmission timing is determined based on the fundamental information set in at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station and first or second wireless station identifying information to identify a wireless station from the first wireless station and the second wireless station;

the first communication request information includes the second wireless station identifying information to identify the second wireless station;

the controller obtains, based on the first wireless station identifying information contained in the first communication request information received from the first wireless station, the fundamental information set in the at least one of the first and third wireless station connected to the second wireless station; and

the communicator transmits the first communication response information including at least part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station and transmits a remaining part of the obtained fundamental information to the first wireless station.