Patent attributes
A mobile terminal configured to constitute an ad hoc network together with a plurality of other terminals, the mobile terminal includes a packet relay unit configured to execute a relay operation of relaying a packet transferred between the other terminals. A packet transmitter is configured to execute a transmission operation of transmitting a packet generated in the mobile terminal to any one of the other terminals. A power supply manager is configured to execute a power supply control operation. A coordination controller is configured to cause the relay operation and the power supply control operation to be coordinated with each other, and to selectively control whether each of the relay operation, the transmission operation and the power supply control operation is executed.