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Wireless communications device, wireless communications method, and wireless communications control program

US9930512B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2014
Grant dateMar 27, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure provides such wireless communication apparatuses that when the wireless communication apparatuses perform direct communication using WiGig, one of the wireless communication apparatuses can transmit an action frame. Wireless communication apparatus 100 is a wireless communication apparatus that performs communication using WiGig and that includes: device searching section 142 that searches for other wireless communication apparatuses using a search signal; medium management section 143 that transmits, when a communication peer of wireless communication apparatus 100 is designated from among the found other wireless communication apparatuses, a temporary beacon including medium schedule information; and group formation section 144 that transmits an action frame to form a group with the designated other wireless communication apparatus after transmission of the temporary beacon.

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