# US 2025/0097995 A1 · Communication apparatus and communication method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0097995 A1 - Document ID: US20250097995A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/969,329 - Filed: 2024-12-05 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-06 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Shigeru SUGAYA; Yuichi MORIOKA; Takeshi ITAGAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250097995A1 ## CPC - H04W 74/085: {collision avoidance} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal} - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the transmission of the third frame based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a wireless communication apparatus to which uplink transmission is permitted based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The communication control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the second wireless communication resource based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The communication control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the third frame does not include information corresponding to a wireless communication apparatus to which the uplink transmission is not permitted. ### Claim 6 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. ### Claim 7 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. ### Claim 8 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The communication control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to transmit the third frame based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication control apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a wireless communication apparatus to which uplink transmission is permitted based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the second wireless communication resource based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The communication control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the third frame does not include information corresponding to a wireless communication apparatus to which the uplink transmission is not permitted. ### Claim 13 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The communication control apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the transmission of the second frame based on the attribute information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The communication control apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the transmission of the third frame is controlled by the another device based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The communication control apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the another device determines a wireless communication apparatus to which uplink transmission is permitted based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication control apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the another device determines the second wireless communication resource based on the information related to buffered data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The communication control apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the third frame does not include information corresponding to a wireless communication apparatus to which the uplink transmission is not permitted. ### Claim 19 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. ### Claim 20 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. ### Claim 21 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.