Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, computer program, and storage medium

A method of controlling a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

• executing search processing, by sending a probe request and receiving a probe response, to search a communication partner apparatus in a plurality of channels including a first channel and a second channel, wherein the second channel is not adjacent to the first channel;
• executing wait processing, by waiting for a probe request from a communication partner apparatus, wherein, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a probe request during execution of the wait processing, the communication apparatus responds by sending a probe response;
• executing share processing for sharing a communication parameter with the communication partner apparatus detected by the search processing or the communication partner apparatus from which the communication apparatus received a probe request during the wait processing;
• and
• providing predetermined information to a user after the share processing is successful,
• wherein when the search processing in the first channel is finished, the search processing is executed in the second channel without executing the search processing in a third channel which is adjacent to the first channel and length of period for the wait processing is randomly determined.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a communication apparatus, the method comprising:

• executing search processing, by sending a probe request and receiving a probe response, to search a communication partner apparatus in a plurality of channels including a first channel and a second channel, wherein the second channel is not adjacent to the first channel;
• executing wait processing by waiting for a probe request from a communication partner apparatus, wherein, in a case where a probe request is received during execution of the wait processing, the wait processing responds by sending a probe response;
• executing share processing for sharing a communication parameter with the communication partner apparatus detected by the search processing or the communication partner apparatus from which the communication apparatus received a probe request during the wait processing;
• and
• providing predetermined information to a user after the share processing is successful,
• wherein when the search processing in the first channel is finished, the search processing is executed in the second channel without executing the search processing in a third channel which is adjacent to the first channel and length of period for the wait processing is randomly determined.