IP Library Granted Patent US 11,463,135
Granted Patent B2
US 11,463,135 · App. 17/130,792 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Communication system, terminal, and control method

Inventor: Yutaka Murakami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B7/0413H04B7/06H04B7/08H04L5/0007H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,463,135
App. No.
17/130,792
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a communication system that includes an access point, a repeater #1, and a repeater #2 and wirelessly communicates with a terminal, the access point wirelessly communicates with the repeater #1 on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicates with the repeater #2 on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band, the repeater #1 wirelessly communicates with the terminal on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band, and the repeater #2 wirelessly communicates with the terminal on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band.

Claims (51)

1. A communication system configured to wirelessly communicate with a terminal, the communication system comprising:

an access point;

a first communication device; and

a second communication device,

wherein the access point is configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication device on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicate with the second communication device on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band,

the first communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the terminal on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band,

the second communication device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the terminal on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band,

the third channel is a same channel as the second channel,

the fourth channel is a same channel as the first channel,

the first communication device is configured to receive a reception frame from the access point in a reception period,

the first communication device is configured to transmit a transmission frame to the terminal in a transmission period, and

the reception period and the transmission period temporally overlap in the first communication device.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are disposed in a single housing.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the access point is configured to communicate with the first communication device and the second communication device using multi-access via orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA).

4. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the terminal comprises a plurality of terminals, and

at least one of the first communication device or the second communication device is configured to communicate with the plurality of terminals using multi-access via orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA).

5. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the access point is configured to transmit one item of data to each of the first communication device and the second communication device,

when the first communication device receives the one item of data, the first communication device is configured to transmit the one item of data received to the terminal, and

when the second communication device receives the one item of data, the second communication device is configured to transmit the one item of data received to the terminal.

6. A terminal configured to wirelessly communicate with a communication system, wherein

the communication system includes an access point, a first communication device, and a second communication device,

the access point is configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication device on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicate with the second communication device on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band, and

the terminal is configured to:

wirelessly communicate with the first communication device on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band; and

wirelessly communicate with the second communication device on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band,

the third channel is a same channel as the second channel,

the fourth channel is a same channel as the first channel,

the first communication device is configured to receive a reception frame from the access point in a reception period,

the first communication device is configured to transmit a transmission frame to the terminal in a transmission period, and

the reception period and the transmission period temporally overlap in the first communication device.

7. A control method of a communication system that includes an access point, a first communication device, and a second communication device, and wirelessly communicates with a terminal, the control method comprising:

wirelessly communicating with the first communication device, by the access point, on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicating with the second communication device, by the access point, on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band;

wirelessly communicating with the terminal, by the first communication device, on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band; and

wirelessly communicating with the terminal, by the second communication device, on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band,

wherein the third channel is a same channel as the second channel,

the fourth channel is a same channel as the first channel,

the first communication device receives a reception frame from the access point in a reception period,

the first communication device transmits a transmission frame to the terminal in a transmission period, and

the reception period and the transmission period temporally overlap in the first communication device.

8. A control method of a terminal that wirelessly communicates with a communication system, the communication system including an access point, a first communication device, and a second communication device, the access point being configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication device on at least a first channel included in a first frequency band and wirelessly communicate with the second communication device on at least a second channel included in a second frequency band different than the first frequency band, the control method comprising:

wirelessly communicating with the first communication device on at least a third channel included in the second frequency band; and

wirelessly communicating with the second communication device on at least a fourth channel included in the first frequency band,

wherein the third channel is a same channel as the second channel,

the fourth channel is a same channel as the first channel,

the first communication device receives a reception frame from the access point in a reception period,

the first communication device transmits a transmission frame to the terminal in a transmission period, and

the reception period and the transmission period temporally overlap in the first communication device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: MURAKAMI, YUTAKA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 056767/0170 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-003829 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation PCTJP2019037762 · Sep 26, 2019
Provisional Application 62805025 · Feb 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62776135 · Dec 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62745633 · Oct 15, 2018
Provisional Application 62738379 · Sep 28, 2018
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