IP Library Granted Patent US 12696139
Granted Patent B2
US 12696139 · App. 18/604,762 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Wireless device, method, and computer readable medium

Inventor: Masaya Tanigawa (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: BUFFALO INC.
H04W28/20H04W72/0453H04W76/10
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Patent No.
US 12696139
App. No.
18/604,762
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device includes: a first wireless interface; and a second wireless interface configured to operate on a predetermined channel. In response to a connection request for requesting connection to the predetermined channel on which the second wireless interface is operating being received from a wireless terminal, the second wireless interface transmits, to the wireless terminal, a signal instructing the wireless terminal to change a connection destination of the wireless terminal to a channel on which the first wireless interface is operating.

Claims (40)

1 . A wireless device comprising:

a first wireless interface; and

a second wireless interface configured to operate on a predetermined channel, wherein

in response to a connection request for requesting connection to the predetermined channel on which the second wireless interface is operating being received from a wireless terminal, the second wireless interface transmits, to the wireless terminal, a signal instructing the wireless terminal to change a connection destination of the wireless terminal to a channel on which the first wireless interface is operating.

2 . The wireless device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second wireless interface periodically transmits a control signal on the predetermined channel.

3 . The wireless device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined channel is included in a frequency band in which the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating is included.

4 . The wireless device according to claim 3 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel on which the wireless terminal preferentially performs scanning in the frequency band.

5 . The wireless device according to claim 3 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel not adjacent to the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating in the frequency band.

6 . The wireless device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a Preferred Scanning Channel.

7 . The wireless device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second wireless interface stops operating when the first wireless interface is operating on the predetermined channel.

8 . The wireless device according to claim 1 , wherein

the wireless device is an access point that relays data communication between the wireless terminal and a network,

the data communication is relayed using the first wireless interface, and

the data communication is not relayed using the second wireless interface.

9 . A method for a wireless device, the wireless device including a first wireless interface, and a second wireless interface configured to operate on a predetermined channel, the method comprising:

in response to a connection request for requesting connection to the predetermined channel on which the second wireless interface is operating being received from a wireless terminal, transmitting, to the wireless terminal from the second wireless interface, a signal instructing the wireless terminal to change a connection destination of the wireless terminal to a channel on which the first wireless interface is operating, by the second wireless interface.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions of a wireless device including processing circuitry, a first wireless interface, and a second wireless interface configured to operate on a predetermined channel, the executable instructions causing the processing circuitry to execute a process, the process comprising:

in response to a connection request for requesting connection to the predetermined channel on which the second wireless interface is operating being received from a wireless terminal, controlling the second wireless interface to transmit, to the wireless terminal from the second wireless interface, a signal instructing the wireless terminal to change a connection destination of the wireless terminal to a channel on which the first wireless interface is operating.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the second wireless interface periodically transmits a control signal on the predetermined channel.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the predetermined channel is included in a frequency band in which the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating is included.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel on which the wireless terminal preferentially performs scanning in the frequency band.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel not adjacent to the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating in the frequency band.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the second wireless interface periodically transmits a control signal on the predetermined channel.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the predetermined channel is included in a frequency band in which the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating is included.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel on which the wireless terminal preferentially performs scanning in the frequency band.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein

the predetermined channel is a channel not adjacent to the channel on which the first wireless interface is operating in the frequency band.