Wireless communication device
AssigneeToshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorTomoko Adachi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device, includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame a transmitter address of which is an address of a first wireless communication device and a receiver address of which is an address of the wireless communication device; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame generated using a first address process in response to receipt of the first frame. The first address process is a process to set a first value in a first region in a receiver address field of the second frame. The first value is a value different from values settable in first regions in addresses of the first wireless communication device and another wireless communication device capable of receiving the second frame.
Claims6
A wireless communication device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a first frame, wherein a transmitter address of the first frame is an address of a first wireless communication device, a receiver address of the first frame is an address of the wireless communication device, and the first frame is a MAC (Medium Access Control) frame;
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- a transmitter configured to copy a bit string of a value in a transmitter address field of the first frame, set the bit string copied in a receiver address field of a second frame, change a value in a first region of the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame with a predetermined first value, and transmit the second frame in a predetermined time of period after the first frame is received in response to receipt of the first frame, wherein the second frame is a MAC (Medium Access Control) frame, wherein
- the predetermined first value is different from a value in a first region of the address of the first wireless communication device,
- the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame is identifiable by the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device which have received the second frame, and
- the predetermined first value is different from a value in a first region of an address of the second wireless communication device,
- wherein the first region of the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame is a first beginning bit of the receiver address field of the second frame,
- the first region of the address of the first wireless communication device is a second beginning bit of the address of the first wireless communication device, and
- the first region of the address of the second wireless communication device is a third beginning bit of the address of the second wireless communication device.
A wireless communication method, comprising:
- receiving a first frame, wherein a transmitter address of the first frame is an address of a first wireless communication device, a receiver address of the first frame is an address of the wireless communication device, and the first frame is a MAC (Medium Access Control) frame;
- copying a bit string of a value in a transmitter address field of the first frame, setting the bit string copied in a receiver address field of a second frame, change a value in a first region of the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame with a predetermined first value, and transmit the second frame in a predetermined time of period after the first frame is received in response to receipt of the first frame, wherein the second frame is a MAC (Medium Access Control) frame, wherein
- the predetermined first value is different from a value in a first region of the address of the first wireless communication device,
- the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame is identifiable by the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device which have received the second frame, and
- the predetermined first value is different from a value in a first region of an address of the second wireless communication device,
- wherein the first region of the bit string in the receiver address field of the second frame is a first beginning bit of the receiver address field of the second frame,
- the first region of the address of the first wireless communication device is a second beginning bit of the address of the first wireless communication device, and
- the first region of the address of the second wireless communication device is a third beginning bit of the address of the second wireless communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.