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US 10,873,651 B2Granted
Communication device and communication method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShigeru Sugaya
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Abstract
[Object] To provide a mechanism capable of improving communication efficiency even in communication before allocation of an AID. [Solution] A communication device including: a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including a second association identifier decided by a communication device to which a first association identifier is allocated and receive a second frame including information related to the second association identifier.
Claims12
A communication device comprising:
- wireless communication control circuitry configured to
- set an association identifier that the communication device uses in a wireless communication network,
- transmit a first frame including the association identifier, and
- receive a second frame including information related to the association identifier;
- wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
- wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7;
- wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the first frame including the association identifier taken from the set of values different from the set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with a first another communication device using a first association identifier, and in a second case in which the communication device is not associated with a second another communication device using a second association identifier, wherein the first association identifier and the second association identifier are being taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
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A communication device comprising:
- wireless communication control circuitry configured to receive a first frame including an association identifier set by another communication device, and
- transmit a second frame including information related to the association identifier;
- wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
- wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7;
- wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the second frame including the information related to the association identifier taken from the set of values different from the set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device using a first association identifier, and in a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device using a second association identifier, wherein the first association identifier and the second association identifier are being taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
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A communication method executed in a communication device comprising:
- setting an association identifier that the communication device uses in a wireless communication network;
- transmitting a first frame including the association identifier;
- and
- receiving a second frame including information related to the association identifier;
- wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
- wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7;
- and
- wherein the transmitting the first frame including the association identifier taken from the set of values different from the set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, is executed in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with a first another communication device using a first association identifier, and in a second case in which the communication device is not associated with a second another communication device using a second association identifier, wherein the first association identifier and the second association identifier are being taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
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A communication method executed in a communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving a first frame including an association identifier set by another communication device;
- and
- transmitting a second frame including information related to the association identifier;
- wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
- wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7;
- and
- wherein the transmitting the second frame including the information related to the association identifier taken from the set of values different from the set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, is executed in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device using a first association identifier, and in a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device using a second association identifier, wherein the first association identifier and the second association identifier are being taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.