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Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method

US7236782B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2005
Grant dateJun 26, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication using at least one of the first channel having the first frequency band, and the second channel having the second frequency band which is wider than the first frequency band includes a channel search device which executes the first channel search for the bandwidth of the first frequency band and the second channel search for the bandwidth of the second frequency band, and obtains a search result indicating an idle channel, and a determination device which determines a channel to be used on the basis of the search result obtained by the channel search device.

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