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US 12,446,032 · App. 18/538,734 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Communication apparatus and communication method

Inventors: Yusuke Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Morioka (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoya Yamaura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W72/1268H04W48/06H04W72/0446H04W72/30H04W74/085
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Patent No.
US 12,446,032
App. No.
18/538,734
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication apparatus and a communication apparatus that perform wireless communication by a multi-user method are provided. The communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal and a control section configured to control operation as a base station, and transmits a frame that includes schedule information relating to scheduled communication of the own station and can be received by a different wireless terminal and receives schedule information relating to scheduled information of a different base station. The scheduled communication includes multi-user communication of an uplink, and the schedule information includes information relating to a transmission schedule of a frame for inducing multi-user communication of an uplink.

Claims (85)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

control a wireless communication unit of a first wireless communication apparatus to receive a first wireless signal, wherein

the first wireless signal includes a first identifier and first schedule information,

the first identifier is associated with the first wireless communication apparatus,

the first schedule information is associated with a first scheduled communication,

the first scheduled communication is associated with a first basic service set (BSS), and

the first wireless communication apparatus is not associated with the first BSS; and

control the first wireless communication apparatus to transmit a second wireless signal, wherein the second wireless signal includes the first schedule information and a second identifier of a second wireless communication apparatus associated with a second BSS different from the first BSS.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to determine second schedule information based on the first scheduled information,

the second schedule information is associated with a second scheduled communication,

the second schedule communication is associated with the second BSS, and

the first wireless communication apparatus is associated with the second BSS.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third wireless signal,

the third wireless signal includes the second schedule information and a third identifier,

the third identifier is associated with a third wireless communication apparatus, and

the third wireless communication apparatus is associated with the first BSS.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the second schedule information based on at least one of:

an attribute of a fourth wireless communication apparatus associated with the second BSS,

a buffer state of the fourth wireless communication apparatus,

a communication resource state of the fourth wireless communication apparatus, or

a communication result of the fourth wireless communication apparatus.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first scheduled communication is based on the second schedule information, and

the second schedule information is associated with the second BSS.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the second schedule information, a transmission schedule of a specific frame, and

the specific frame includes the first schedule information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first schedule information is associated with the second BSS.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second wireless signal includes a specific frame that includes the first schedule information and destination address, and

the destination address is an address of the second wireless communication apparatus.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the specific frame is transmitted one of simultaneously with a beacon frame or as part of the beacon frame.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the second BSS.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to control reception of second schedule information,

the second schedule information is associated with the second BSS,

the second schedule information is received after transmission of the second wireless signal, and

the second wireless signal includes the first schedule information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to:

control a transmission of a transmission request; and

control reception of second schedule information,

the second schedule information is associated with the second BSS,

the second schedule information is received after the transmission of the transmission request, and

the transmission request is associated with the second schedule information.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to control transmission of specific information,

the specific information is associated with a plurality of identifiers,

the plurality of identifiers is associated with a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses,

the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses is connected to the first BSS,

the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses includes the first wireless communication apparatus, and

the plurality of identifiers includes the first identifier.

14. A method, comprising:

controlling a first wireless communication unit of a first wireless communication apparatus to receive a first wireless signal, wherein

the first wireless signal includes a first identifier and first schedule information,

the first identifier is associated with the first wireless communication apparatus,

the first schedule information is associated with a first scheduled communication,

the first scheduled communication is associated with a first basic service set (BSS), and

the first wireless communication apparatus is not associated with the first BSS; and

controlling the first wireless communication apparatus to transmit a second wireless signal, wherein the second wireless signal includes the first schedule information and a second identifier of a second wireless communication apparatus associated with a second BSS different from the first BSS.

15. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

circuitry configured to:

control a wireless communication unit of a first wireless communication apparatus to receive a first wireless signal, wherein

the first wireless signal includes a first schedule information and a first identifier,

the first schedule information is associated with a first scheduled communication,

the first identifier is associated with a second wireless communication apparatus,

the first scheduled communication is associated with a first basic service set (BSS),

the second wireless communication apparatus is associated with the first BSS,

the first identifier is associated with a second BSS, and

the first wireless communication apparatus is not associated with the second BSS; and

control the first wireless communication apparatus to transmit a second wireless signal, wherein the second wireless signal includes the first schedule information and a second identifier associated with first wireless communication apparatus.

16. The information processing apparatus according to the claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

control the wireless communication unit to receive a third wireless signal, wherein

the third wireless signal includes second schedule information and a third identifier,

the second schedule information is associated with a second scheduled communication,

the second scheduled communication is associated with the second BSS, and

the second schedule information is based on the first schedule information.

17. The information processing apparatus according to the claim 16 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the second schedule information based on at least one of:

an attribute of a third wireless communication apparatus associated with the second BSS,

a buffer state of the third wireless communication apparatus,

a communication resource state of the third wireless communication apparatus, or

a communication result of the third wireless communication apparatus.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-097167 · May 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16603334
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