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Granted Patent B2
US 11,140,539 · App. 16/676,919 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, program, and storage medium

Inventor: Yuki Yoshikawa (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W8/005H04W64/003H04W84/20H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,140,539
App. No.
16/676,919
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus which can perform communication in a system for performing communication during a predetermined period which repeatedly starts in a predetermined cycle and during which a beacon is transmitted or received receives signals during the predetermined period, and transmits information about the number of transmission sources of the received signal.

Claims (18)

1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless communication apparatus to:

receive signals during a discovery window of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN);

determine, based on the received signals, a number of types of service being provided in a NAN cluster to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs; and

transmit a discovery beacon containing information about the NAN cluster, the information being based on the determined number of types of service being provided in the NAN cluster.

2. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the received signals are publish signals defined in the Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN).

3. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the execution of the instructions further causes the wireless communication apparatus to:

record a service ID indicating a service type,

wherein the determination is made based on the recorded service ID.

4. A method of controlling a wireless communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving signals during a discovery window of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN);

determining, based on the received signals, a number of types of service being provided in a NAN cluster to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs; and

transmitting a discover beacon containing information about the NAN cluster, the information being based on the determined number of types of service being provided in the NAN cluster.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a wireless communication apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving signals during a discovery window of Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN);

determining, based on the received signals, a number of types of service being provided in a NAN cluster to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs; and

transmitting a discover beacon containing information about the NAN cluster, the information being based on the determined number of types of service being provided in the NAN cluster.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-187442 · Sep 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15748754
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