Information processing apparatus, communication system, information processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuichi Morioka, Shigeru Sugaya
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit controls transmission of an inducement frame for causing another communication device to transmit a transmission suppression period reduction frame for reducing a transmission suppression period. In addition, the control unit controls transmission of the transmission suppression period reduction frame on the basis of the inducement frame in a case where the control unit receives the inducement frame. Transmission suppression periods set in other information processing apparatuses are equally reduced to eliminate inequality in using wireless resources.
Claims18
A wireless communication system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus including first control circuitry that transmits an inducement frame to cause a second information processing apparatus to transmit a second transmission suppression period reduction frame to reduce a transmission suppression period;
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- the first control circuitry transmits a first transmission suppression period reduction frame to a third information processing apparatus at a predetermined time after transmitting the inducement frame;
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- the second information processing apparatus including second control circuitry that transmits the second transmission suppression period reduction frame to a fourth information processing apparatus to reduce the transmission suppression period on a basis of the inducement frame inducing transmission of the second transmission suppression period reduction frame;
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- the second control circuitry transmits the second transmission suppression period reduction frame in a case where the second control circuitry received the inducement frame from the first information processing apparatus, wherein the inducement frame includes information included in a trigger frame.
A method comprising:
- transmitting an inducement frame to cause a second information processing apparatus to transmit a second transmission suppression period reduction frame to reduce a transmission suppression period;
- transmitting a first transmission suppression period reduction frame to a third information processing apparatus at a predetermined time after the transmitting of the inducement frame;
- transmitting the second transmission suppression period reduction frame to a fourth information processing apparatus to reduce the transmission suppression period on a basis of the inducement frame inducing transmission of the second transmission suppression period reduction frame;
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- transmitting the second transmission suppression period reduction frame in a case where the second control circuitry received the inducement frame from the first information processing apparatus, wherein the inducement frame includes information included in a trigger frame.
A wireless communication system comprising:
- a first information processing apparatus including a first control unit that transmits an inducement frame for causing a second information processing apparatus to transmit a second transmission suppression period reduction frame for reducing a transmission suppression period;
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- the first control unit transmits a first transmission suppression period reduction frame to a third information processing apparatus at a predetermined time after transmitting the inducement frame;
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- the second information processing apparatus including a second control unit that transmits the second transmission suppression period reduction frame to a fourth information processing apparatus for reducing the transmission suppression period on a basis of the inducement frame for inducing transmission of the second transmission suppression period reduction frame;
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- the second control unit transmits the second transmission suppression period reduction frame in a case where the second control unit received the inducement frame from the first information processing apparatus, wherein the inducement frame includes information included in a trigger frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.