Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYUSUKE TANAKA, SHIGERU SUGAYA
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYUSUKE TANAKA, SHIGERU SUGAYA
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To provide an excellent communication apparatus and communication method which operates with a basic service set belonging to an extended service set. A wireless terminal transmits a frame in which BSS-color and ESS-color which respectively identify a BSS and an ESS to which the own wireless terminal belongs are described. Further, part of a region for storing ESS-color is used as a region for storing BSS-color to secure the number of pieces of BSS-color sufficient to avoid overlapping. An STA stores statistical information regarding a received frame in association with BSS-color and ESS-color and performs cooperative operation within the ESS or between the ESSs.
A communication apparatus that transmits a frame in which a first identifier regarding a first network group to which an own communication apparatus belongs and a second identifier regarding a second network group to which the first network group belongs are stored.
A communication apparatus that stores information regarding a received frame in which a first identifier regarding a first network group and a second identifier regarding a second network group to which the first network group belongs are described, in accordance with the first identifier or the second identifier.
A communication apparatus that receives from a subordinate wireless terminal information regarding a received frame in which a first identifier regarding a first network group and a second identifier regarding a second network group to which the first network group belongs are described, in accordance with the first identifier or the second identifier.
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