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Wireless device and communication method

US8909241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2011
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless device and a communication method, which enable a position of the wireless device to be known and enable a frequency which does not interfere with that of another wireless station to be selected, are provided. A wireless device belonging to a second wireless system in which a frequency band to be used overlaps with that of a first wireless system, and a priority with which the overlapping frequency band is used is lower than that of the first wireless system, the wireless device includes: a location receiving unit receiving location information formed of a place name and indicating a location of the wireless device; a geographic coordinate acquiring unit acquiring, based on the location information, geographic coordinates including latitude and longitude corresponding to the location information; and a frequency setting unit accessing a frequency server in which a frequency assigned to a wireless device belonging to the first wireless system and geographic coordinates including latitude and longitude related to a position of the wireless device are stored by being corresponded to each other, by using the geographic coordinates acquired by the geographic coordinate acquir…

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