Communication apparatus, method of controlling communication apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasatomo Ouchi
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Abstract
A communication apparatus determines whether or not the communication apparatus and one or more other communication apparatuses capable of performing coordinated communication by coordinating with the communication apparatus to use a predetermined frequency band can obtain channel state information from one or more communication partner apparatuses that perform the coordinated communication, and selects a communication method for performing the coordinated communication from among a plurality of communication methods based on a result of the determination.
Claims17
1-12. (canceled)
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the instructions, the instructions, when executed, causing the communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining information relating to communication by one or more other communication apparatuses capable of performing communication in coordinate with the communication apparatus;
- and
- controlling to perform communication in coordinate with the other communication apparatus using a predetermined communication method, wherein the predetermined communication method is used for the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus to perform coordinated communication, and the predetermined communication method is selected from among a plurality of communication methods based on the obtained information.
A control method performed by a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
- obtaining information relating to communication by one or more other communication apparatuses capable of performing communication in coordinate with the communication apparatus;
- and
- controlling to perform communication in coordinate with the other communication apparatus using a predetermined communication method, wherein the predetermined communication method is used for the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus to perform coordinated communication, and the predetermined communication method is selected from among a plurality of communication methods based on the obtained information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer included in a communication apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining information relating to communication by one or more other communication apparatuses capable of performing communication in coordinate with the communication apparatus;
- and
- controlling to perform communication in coordinate with the other communication apparatus using a predetermined communication method, wherein the predetermined communication method is used for the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus to perform coordinated communication, and the predetermined communication method is selected from among a plurality of communication methods based on the obtained information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.