Communication device and communication method
To provide a mechanism capable of improving communication efficiency even in communication before allocation of an AID. A communication device including: a communication unit configured to transmit a first frame including a second association identifier decided by a communication device to which a first association identifier is allocated and receive a second frame including information related to the second association identifier.
1. A communication device comprising:
wireless communication control circuitry configured to
transmit a first frame including an association identifier that the communication device uses in the a wireless communication network, and
receive a second frame in response to the first frame;
wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address,
wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, and
wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the first frame, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device, and a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device.
2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame includes information decided on a basis of the association identifier.
3. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame includes information indicating the association identifier.
4. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the first frame is a frame including the association identifier as transmission source information of the frame.
5. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame is a frame including the association identifier as destination information of the frame.
6. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second frame is transmitted to a plurality of communication devices at one time.
7. The communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the second frame is multiplexed.
8. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the another communication device is associated with a first association identifier, which is taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
9. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the
second frame includes information associated with the first association identifier.
10. A communication device comprising:
wireless communication control circuitry configured to
receive a first frame including an association identifier from another communication device, and
transmit a second frame in response to the first frame;
wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address,
wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7,
wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the second frame, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device, and a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device.
11. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the second frame includes information decided on a basis of the association identifier.
12. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the second frame includes information indicating the association identifier.
13. The communication device according to claim 10 , wherein the another communication device is associated with a first association identifier, which is taken from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7.
14. The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the second frame includes information associated with the first association identifier.
15. A communication method executed in a communication device comprising:
transmitting a first frame including an association identifier that the communication device uses in a communication network; and
receiving a second frame in response to the first frame;
wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7, and
wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the first frame, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device, and a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device.
16. A communication method executed in a communication device comprising:
receiving a first frame including an association identifier from another communication device; and
transmitting a second frame in response to the first frame;
wherein the association identifier is shorter in data length than a Media Access Control (MAC) address;
wherein the association identifier is taken from a set of values different from a set of values in the range of 0x0001 to 0x07D7,
wherein the wireless communication control circuitry is further configured to transmit the second frame, in both a first case in which the communication device is associated with the another communication device, and a second case in which the communication device is not associated with the another communication device.