WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NODE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IN USE FOR AD-HOC NETWORK

A wireless communications node, being included in a multi-hop route from a source node to a destination node, has a part for receiving signals including transmission data prepared by the source node and a part for transmitting signals including the transmission data and relay data to a succeeding node. The relay data include station data including identification of the wireless communications node and cost data that change in correspondence with a load required for relaying the transmission data. The relay data are reported to a management node that manages cost data of plural nodes included in an ad hoc network via a destination node.