Wireless communication device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Shimada
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Abstract
A wireless communication device may establish a first type of connection by using a first wireless channel. The wireless communication device may establish the second type of connection by using a second wireless channel. In a specific case where one of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established under a situation in which the other has been established, the wireless communication device may determine at least one of a value of the first wireless channel and a value of the second wireless channel such that the value of the first wireless channel is identical to the value of the second wireless channel.
Claims18
A wireless communication device configured to operate selectively in one of a plurality of states comprising a parent station state which functions as a parent station of a wireless network and a child station state which functions as a child station of the wireless network, the wireless communication device comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to perform:
- executing a group owner negotiation, by using a first intent value that the wireless communication device stores and a particular intent value that another device stores, of determining that one of the wireless communication device and another device is to operate in the parent station state and determining that the other of the wireless communication device and the other device is to operate in the child station state;
- establishing a first type of connection with the other device such that the wireless communication device operates in a state determined in the group owner negotiation, wherein in a case where the first type of connection with a first device is to be established, the first type of connection with the first device is established by using a first wireless channel, the first wireless channel being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the first device;
- establishing a second type of connection with another device, wherein in a case where the second type of connection with a second device different from the first device is to be established, the second type of connection with the second device is established by using a second wireless channel, the second wireless channel being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the second device;
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- determining at least one of a number of the first wireless channel and a number of the second wireless channel such that the number of the first wireless channel is identical to the number of the second wireless channel, in a specific case where one of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established under a situation in which the other of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device has been established.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a wireless communication device configured to operate selectively in one of a plurality of states comprising a parent station state which functions as a parent station of a wireless network and a child station state which functions as a child station of the wireless network,
- the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to perform:
- executing a group owner negotiation, by using a first intent value that the wireless communication device stores and a particular intent value that another device stores, of determining that one of the wireless communication device and another device is to operate in the parent station state and determining that the other of the wireless communication device and the other device is to operate in the child station state;
- establishing a first type of connection with the other device such that the wireless communication device operates in a state determined in the group owner negotiation, wherein in a case where the first type of connection with a first device is to be established, the first type of connection with the first device is established by using a first wireless channel, the first wireless channel being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the first device;
- establishing a second type of connection with another device, wherein in a case where the second type of connection with a second device different from the first device is to be established, the second type of connection with the second device is established by using a second wireless channel, the second wireless channel being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the second device;
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- determining at least one of a number of the first wireless channel and a number of the second wireless channel such that the number of the first wireless channel is identical to the number of the second wireless channel, in a specific case where one of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established under a situation in which the other of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device has been established.
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication decide to perform:
- establishing a connection with an access point so as to belong to a first wireless network formed by the access point which determines a number of a wireless channel, the first wireless network using the number of the wireless channel determined by the access point, the wireless channel determined by the access point being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the access point;
- receiving an instruction for establishing a connection with a particular device while the connection with the access point has been established, the particular device being different from the access point;
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- in response to receiving the instruction, establishing the connection with the particular device so as to belong to a second wireless network in which the wireless communication device operates in a parent station state, the second wireless network using a number of wireless channel being identical to the number of the wireless channel determined by the access point, the wireless channel used in the second wireless network being used in a communication between the wireless communication device and the particular device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.