Communication apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorIchiro Tamura
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Abstract
There is provided a communication apparatus capable of performing first communication with a first other communication apparatus in a first duration which comes at a predetermined time interval, and performing, based on the first communication, second communication with the first other communication apparatus by setting a second duration different from the first duration. The communication apparatus identifies one or more third durations during which the first communication is performed by each of one or more second other communication apparatuses, and identifies, as the second duration, at least part of a duration usable for the second communication based on the one or more third durations.
Claims9
A communication apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication apparatus to:
- perform wireless communication with a first other communication apparatus in a first Discovery Window of a first NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) cluster that the communication apparatus joins;
- determine a duration related to a second Discovery Window of a second NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) cluster that the communication apparatus does not join in a case where the communication apparatus detects the second NAN cluster;
- identify a communication duration used for data link communication with the first other communication apparatus and that does not overlap with any one of the first Discovery Window and the second Discovery Window;
- and
- perform, with the first other communication apparatus and in the first Discovery Window, communication for starting the data link communication with the first other communication apparatus, the data link communication being performed using the identified communication duration.
A control method for a communication apparatus, comprising:
- performing wireless communication with a first other communication apparatus in a first Discovery Window of a first NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) cluster;
- determining a duration related to a second Discovery Window of a second NAN cluster that the communication apparatus does not join in a case where the communication apparatus detects the second NAN cluster;
- identifying a communication duration used for data link communication with the first other communication apparatus and that does not overlap with any one of the first Discovery Window and the second Discovery Window;
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- performing, with the first other communication apparatus and in the first Discovery Window, communication for starting the data link communication with the first other communication apparatus, the data link communication being performed using the identified communication duration.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer, included in a communication apparatus, to
- perform wireless communication with a first other communication apparatus in a first Discovery Window of a first NAN (Neighbor Awareness Networking) cluster;
- determine a duration related to a second Discovery Window of a second NAN cluster that the communication apparatus does not join in a case where the communication apparatus detects the second NAN cluster;
- identify a communication duration used for data link communication with the first other communication apparatus and that does not overlap with any one of the first Discovery Window and the second Discovery Window;
- and
- perform, with the first other communication apparatus and in the first Discovery Window, communication for starting the data link communication with the first other communication apparatus, the data link communication being performed using the identified communication duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.