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Communication apparatus, communication system, communication apparatus control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

US8837516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateApr 4, 2012
Grant dateSep 16, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J3/0602
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication apparatus performs communication of data using assigned time slots within a frame. In a case where data cannot be transmitted in a transmission time slot that has been assigned in order to transmit data, a time slot later than this transmission time slot is reserved as a time slot used to transmit the data, this later time slot being reserved within the frame having the transmission time slot in which the data cannot be transmitted.

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