Communication device, method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasatomo Ouchi
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Abstract
A communication device, which complies with an IEEE802.11 standard and performs communication by assigning an Association identifier (AID) to a partner device, determines the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a first range of AID values if the partner device is a first device compatible with a frame that is transmitted with a destination designated by a range of the AID, and determines the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a second range different from the first range if the partner device is a second device not compatible with the frame that is transmitted with the destination designated by the range of the AID.
Claims9
A communication device that complies with an IEEE802.11 standard and performs communication by assigning an Association identifier (AID) to a partner device, the communication device being configured to
- determine the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a first range of AID values if the partner device is a first device compatible with a frame that is transmitted with a destination designated by a range of the AID, and determine the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a second range different from the first range if the partner device is a second device not compatible with the frame that is transmitted with the destination designated by the range of the AID.
A method performed by a communication device that complies with an IEEE802.11 standard and performs communication by assigning an Association identifier (AID) to a partner device, the method comprising:
- determining the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a first range of AID values if the partner device is a first device compatible with a frame that is transmitted with a destination designated by a range of the AID, and
- determining the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a second range different from the first range if the partner device is a second device not compatible with the frame that is transmitted with the destination designated by the range of the AID.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer included in a communication device, which complies with an IEEE802.11 standard and performs communication by assigning an Association identifier (AID) to a partner device, to:
- determine the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a first range of AID values if the partner device is a first device compatible with a frame that is transmitted with a destination designated by a range of the AID, and
- determine the AID to be assigned to the partner device from a second range different from the first range if the partner device is a second device not compatible with the frame that is transmitted with the destination designated by the range of the AID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.