Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsShigeru SUGAYA, Yuichi MORIOKA, Takeshi ITAGAKI
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Abstract
A communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a trigger frame including sub area information in which a sub area is specified from a resource area including wireless communication resources selectable as uplink resources and receive a response frame to the trigger frame.
Claims21
A communication control apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- control transmission of a first frame to another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- control reception of the second frame from the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data of the another device and is transmitted by the another device using the first wireless communication resource;
- control transmission of a third frame to the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- control reception of the fourth frame transmitted from the another device using the second wireless communication resource.
A method performed by a communication control apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling transmission of a first frame to another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- controlling reception of the second frame from the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data of the another device and is transmitted by the another device using the first wireless communication resource;
- controlling transmission of a third frame to the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- controlling reception of the fourth frame transmitted from the another device using the second wireless communication resource.
A non-transitory computer product containing instructions for a method performed by a communication control apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling transmission of a first frame to another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- controlling reception of the second frame from the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data of the another device and is transmitted by the another device using the first wireless communication resource;
- controlling transmission of a third frame to the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- controlling reception of the fourth frame transmitted from the another device using the second wireless communication resource.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to
- transmit a first frame to another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- receive the second frame from the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data of the another device and is transmitted by the another device using the first wireless communication resource;
- transmit a third frame to the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- receive the fourth frame transmitted from the another device using the second wireless communication resource.
A communication control apparatus, comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to
- control reception of a first frame from another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication resource, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- control transmission of the second frame to the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data and is transmitted using the first wireless communication resource;
- control reception of a third frame from the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- control transmission of the fourth frame using the second wireless communication resource.
A method performed by a communication control apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling reception of a first frame from another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication resource, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- controlling transmission of the second frame to the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data and is transmitted using the first wireless communication resource;
- controlling reception of a third frame from the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- controlling transmission of the fourth frame using the second wireless communication resource.
A non-transitory computer product containing instructions for a method performed by a communication control apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling reception of a first frame from another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication resource, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- controlling transmission of the second frame to the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data and is transmitted using the first wireless communication resource;
- controlling reception of a third frame from the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- controlling transmission of the fourth frame using the second wireless communication resource.
A communication apparatus, comprising
- a transceiver;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to
- receive a first frame from another device, the first frame including:
- first wireless communication resource information specifying a first wireless communication resource, and
- attribute information related to a type of a second frame to be transmitted by the another device as a response to the first frame, and
- wherein the first wireless communication resource information includes information related to a frequency resource, time and spatial streams;
- transmit the second frame to the another device,
- wherein the second frame includes information related to buffered data and is transmitted using the first wireless communication resource;
- receive a third frame from the another device, the third frame indicating permission of transmission of a fourth frame as a response to the third frame, the third frame including second wireless communication resource information indicating a second wireless communication resource;
- and
- transmit the fourth frame using the second wireless communication resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.