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Communication device

US10356844B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2015
Grant dateJul 16, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device includes a wireless communication unit, an in-transmission information generating unit, and a neighboring signal presence information generating unit. The wireless communication unit transmits and receives wireless frames via an antenna. The in-transmission information generating unit generates in-transmission information representing whether or not a wireless frame is being transmitted from the antenna. The neighboring signal presence information generating unit generates neighboring signal presence information representing whether or not a signal of a predetermined level or higher is present on a wireless channel that is the same as a wireless channel of the wireless frame. The collision detection unit determines a transmission end point of the wireless frame transmitted from the wireless communication unit based on the in-transmission information, determines whether or not there is a signal of the predetermined level or higher on the wireless channel through which the wireless frame is transmitted within a period from the determined transmission end point until a first time elapses, based on the neighboring signal presence information, and determines wheth…

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