An electronic device includes a communication interface configured to transmit and receive data on a wireless network. The electronic device includes circuitry configured to detect, when the communication interface is connected to the wireless network, a configuration change in the wireless network. The circuitry is configured to determine, based on a signal strength indication corresponding to the electronic device and a signal strength indication corresponding to one or more external devices connected to the wireless network, which of the devices connected to the wireless network is a group owner of the wireless network. The circuitry is configured to control communication on the wireless network by maintaining or changing the group owner based on the group owner determination result.