Granted Patent B2

US 12,267,916 · App. 17/646,235 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Inventor: Yuichi Morioka (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

H04W84/12H04B7/2606H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W74/0808

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A communication apparatus operating as a base station, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive, from each of a first wireless terminal and a second wireless terminal, a first frame, wherein

the first frame includes information associated with an interference amount of each of a primary channel and a non-primary channel;

control, based on the received first frame, transmission of a second frame to each of the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal;

designate, using the transmitted second frame, a first transmission power and a channel including a specific primary channel to the first wireless terminal;

designate, using the transmitted second frame, solely the non-primary channel to the second wireless terminal; and

designate, using the transmitted second frame, a second transmission power to the second wireless terminal based on the designation of solely the non-primary channel to the second wireless terminal, wherein

the first wireless terminal is different from the second wireless terminal,

and

the second transmission power is higher than the first transmission power.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

induce, based on the designation of the second transmission power to the second wireless terminal, the second wireless terminal to transmit a signal.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to induce at least one of the first wireless terminal or the second wireless terminal to transmit a signal.

4. A communication method, comprising:

in a communication apparatus operating as a base station:

receiving, from each of a first wireless terminal and a second wireless terminal, a first frame, wherein

the first frame includes information associated with an interference amount of each of a primary channel and a non-primary channel;

controlling, based on the received first frame, transmission of a second frame to each of the first wireless terminal and the second wireless terminal;

designating, using the transmitted second frame, a first transmission power and a channel including a specific primary channel to the first wireless terminal;

designating, using the transmitted second frame, solely the non-primary channel to the second wireless terminal; and

designating, using the transmitted second frame, a second transmission power to the second wireless terminal based on the designation of solely the non-primary channel to the second wireless terminal, wherein

the first wireless terminal is different from the second wireless terminal,

and

the second transmission power is higher than the first transmission power.

5. A communication apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

detect an interference amount of each of a primary channel and a non-primary channel;

control, based on the detected interference amount of each of the primary channel and the non-primary channel, transmission of a first frame to a base station, wherein

the transmitted first frame includes information associated with the detected interference amount;

receive, based on the transmitted first frame, a second frame that induces the communication apparatus to transmit a wireless signal to the base station, wherein the communication apparatus is operating to be subordinate to the base station;

determine, based on a specific field in the received second frame, that the communication apparatus is designated to transmit the wireless signal using solely the frame non-primary channel;

autonomously increase a transmission power of the wireless signal based on the determination that the communication apparatus is designated to transmit the wireless signal using solely the non-primary channel; and

control, using the increased transmission power, transmission of the wireless signal to the base station.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control, based on the received second frame, the transmission of the wireless signal using solely the non-primary channel.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

sense a change in the detected interference amount; and

control transmission of the first frame autonomously based on the sensed change in the detected interference amount.

8. A communication method, comprising:

in a communication apparatus operating to be subordinate to a base station:

detecting an interference amount of each of a primary channel and a non-primary channel;

controlling, based on the detected interference amount of each of the primary channel and the non-primary channel, transmission of a first frame to the base station, wherein

the transmitted first frame includes information associated with the detected interference amount;

receiving, based on the transmitted first frame, a second frame that induces the communication apparatus to transmit a wireless signal to the base station;

determining, based on a specific field in the received second frame, that the communication apparatus is designated to transmit the wireless signal using solely the non-primary channel;

autonomously increasing a transmission power of the wireless signal based on the determination that the communication apparatus is designated to transmit the wireless signal using solely the non-primary channel; and

controlling, using the increased transmission power, transmission of the wireless signal to the base station.

Priority Claims (1)

Continuity (2)

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