Communication apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuhiko Sakai
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Abstract
A communication apparatus (receiving apparatus) configured to receive a communication parameter selects, when an access point itself is active as a providing apparatus or the communication apparatus detects an access point (active access point) that is communicatable with an active providing apparatus, the access point as the access point to be connected using wireless connection. If the communication apparatus does not detect an active access point, the communication apparatus selects an access point (setup-completed access point) which is configured with a communication parameter that is different from the one that is set at the time of initialization, as the access point to be connected using wireless connection.
Claims10
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a search unit configured to perform search processing for detecting an active base station and a setup-completed base station, wherein the active base station is running communication parameter auto configuration processing as a providing apparatus which provides communication parameter, or the active base station communicates with an external providing apparatus that is running the communication parameter auto configuration processing, and the setup-completed base station is that a communication parameter is changed from a communication parameter of initialization;
- a selection unit configured to select the detected active base station, wherein the selecting is performed by excluding an access point, where communication parameter auto configuration processing with the communication apparatus is ended due to an error, to select the detected active base station in priority to the detected setup-completed base station in a case where the active base station and the setup-completed base station are detected, and to select the detected setup-completed base station in a case where the active base station is not detected;
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- a reception unit configured to receive a communication parameter from the base station selected by the selection unit or from the external providing apparatus via the base station selected by the selection unit.
A control method of a communication apparatus comprising:
- performing search processing for detecting an active base station and a setup-completed base station, wherein the active base station is running the communication parameter auto configuration processing as a providing apparatus which provides communication parameter, or the active base station communicates with an external providing apparatus that is running the communication parameter auto configuration processing, and the setup-completed base station is that a communication parameter is changed from a communication parameter of initialization;
- selecting the detected base station or the detected setup-completed base station, wherein the selecting is performed by excluding a base station, where communication parameter auto configuration processing with the communication apparatus is ended due to an error, to select the detected active base station in priority to the detected setup-completed base station in a case where the active base station and the setup-completed base station are detected, and to select the detected setup-completed base station in a case where the active base station is not detected;
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- connecting to the selected access point and receiving a communication parameter from the base station or the external providing apparatus via the selected base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.