Wireless communication
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiaki Koue
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a first switching unit, and a second switching unit. The communication unit is configured to conduct a wireless communication using a plurality of transmission methods, one of which has plural channels. The first switching unit switches between the transmission methods according to quality of a communication that is being conducted. The second switching unit switches between the channels when the first switching unit could not switch between the transmission methods.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a processor programmed to:
- conduct a wireless communication using a plurality of transmission methods, at least one of which has a plurality of channels;
- and
- while conducting a communication using a respective one of the plurality of transmission methods and according to quality of the communication that is being conducted using the respective transmission method:
- determine if there is a qualifying one of the plurality of transmission methods that (i) is different from the respective transmission method and (ii) has not been previously used by the communication that is being conducted;
- in response to determining that there is the qualifying transmission method, switch the respective transmission method to the qualifying transmission method;
- and
- in response to determining that there is no qualifying transmission method, switch between channels of the respective transmission method.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program that, when executed, causes a computer to:
- conduct a wireless communication using a plurality of transmission methods, at least one of which has a plurality of channels;
- and
- while conducting a communication using a respective one of the plurality of transmission methods and according to quality of the communication that is being conducted using the respective transmission method:
- determine if there is a qualifying one of the plurality of transmission methods that (i) is different from the respective transmission method and (ii) has not been previously used by the communication that is being conducted;
- in response to determining that there is the qualifying transmission method, switch the respective transmission method to the qualifying transmission method;
- and
- in response to determining that there is no qualifying transmission method, switch between channels of the respective transmission method.
A method of communication for an information processing apparatus comprising:
- conducting a wireless communication using a plurality of transmission methods, at least one of which has a plurality of channels;
- and
- while conducting a communication using a respective one of the plurality of transmission methods and according to quality of the communication that is being conducted using the respective transmission method:
- determining if there is a qualifying one of the plurality of transmission methods that (i) is different from the respective transmission method and (ii) has not been previously used by the communication that is being conducted;
- in response to determining that there is the qualifying transmission method, switching the respective transmission method to the qualifying transmission method;
- and
- in response to determining that there is no qualifying transmission method, switching between channels of the respective transmission method.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.