Communication device, control method of communication device, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTatsuhiko Sakai
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Abstract
A communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters can be performed by an easy operation even between devices having both a base station function and a slave station function. A communication device of the present invention determines a role of a device when performing a predetermined communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters, and selects operating as a base station or operating as a slave station based on the determined role. The communication device selects based on the determined role operating as a providing device or operating as a receiving device.
Claims27
A communication device comprising:
- a determination unit configured to determine whether a role of the communication device is a first role or a second role based on a comparison of first information of the communication device with second information received from another communication device;
- a base station unit configured to operate as a base station;
- a station unit configured to operate as a slave station which is connected to a base station;
- a providing unit configured to operate as a providing device that provides a communication parameter;
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- a receiving unit configured to operate as a receiving device that receives a communication parameter from a providing device,
- wherein the communication device is configured to operate as a base station and a providing device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the first role, and the communication device is configured to operate as a slave station and a receiving device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the second role.
A control method performed by a communications device, the control method comprising:
- determining whether a role of the communication device is a first role or a second role based on a comparison of first information of the communication device with second information received from another communication device,
- wherein the communication device is configured to operate as a base station and a providing device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the first role, and the communication device is configured to operate as a slave station and a receiving device of a communication parameter in a case where it is determined that the role of the communication device is the second role.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program of instructions for causing a computer to perform the control method comprising:
- determining whether a role of the communication device is a first role or a second role based on a comparison of first information of the communication device awith second information received from another communication device, with second information received from another communication device,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.