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US 12,659,997 · App. 18/551,403 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Communication device

Inventors: Ken Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Shigeru Sugaya (Tokyo, JP); Ryuichi Hirata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W74/0816H04W8/22H04W74/0866H04W76/15
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Patent No.
US 12,659,997
App. No.
18/551,403
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method and a corresponding communication device including a control circuit configured to perform control for: exchanging a frame with another communication device wirelessly by using a plurality of links; transmitting, to the another communication device, a first frame including a request for acquisition of a transmission right on a first link by using the first link; generating a third frame including information for triggering the another communication device to acquire a transmission right on a second link different from the first link in a case where a second frame including permission to acquire the transmission right on the first link is received, the second frame being transmitted from the another communication device by using the first link; and transmitting the third frame to the another communication device by using the first link.

Claims (40)

1 . A communication control device comprising:

control circuitry configured to perform control of a wireless communication device that is configured to wirelessly communicate by using a plurality of links simultaneously, the control comprising controlling the wireless communication device to:

perform a process of communicating wirelessly a plurality of frames with another wireless communication device that is not configured to use the plurality of links simultaneously, wherein the process comprises:

transmitting, to the another wireless communication device via a first link of the plurality of links, a first frame of the plurality of frames, the first frame including a request for acquisition by the wireless communication device of a right to transmit on the first link;

in response to the first frame, receiving via the first link a second frame of the plurality of frames from the another wireless communication device, the second frame including a grant of the right to transmit to the wireless communication device on the first link;

transmitting a third frame of the plurality of frames to the another wireless communication device via the first link,

wherein the third frame includes a trigger signal for triggering the another wireless communication device to simultaneously transmit to the wireless communication device:

a fourth frame on the first link, the fourth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the wireless communication device to transmit a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on the first link, and

a fifth frame on a second link of the plurality of links that is different from the first link, the fifth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the wireless communication device to transmit a second PPDU on the second link; and

based on receiving the fourth frame and the fifth frame, simultaneously transmitting the first and second PPDUs to the another wireless communication device on the first and second links, respectively.

2 . A communication control device comprising:

control circuitry configured to perform control of a wireless communication device that is configured to wirelessly communicate by using a plurality of links non-simultaneously, the control comprising controlling the wireless communication device to:

perform a process of communicating wirelessly a plurality of frames with another wireless communication device that is configured to use the plurality of links simultaneously, wherein the process comprises:

receiving, from the another wireless communication device via a first link of the plurality of links, a first frame of the plurality of frames, the first frame including information indicating a request for acquisition by the another wireless communication device of a right to transmit on the first link;

in response to the first frame, transmitting via the first link a second frame of the plurality of frames to the another wireless communication device, the second frame including information indicating a grant of the right to transmit to the another wireless communication device on the first link;

receiving a third frame of the plurality of frames from the another wireless communication device via the first link,

wherein the third frame includes a trigger signal for triggering the wireless communication device to simultaneously transmit to the another wireless communication device:

a fourth frame on the first link, the fourth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the another wireless communication device to transmit a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on the first link, and

a fifth frame on a second link of the plurality of links that is different from the first link, the fifth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the another wireless communication device to transmit a second PPDU on the second link;

simultaneously transmitting the fourth and fifth frames to the another wireless communication device via the first and second links, respectively; and

based on the another wireless communication device receiving the fourth frame and the fifth frame, simultaneously receiving the first and second PPDUs from the another wireless communication device on the first and second links, respectively.

3 . A control method performed by a communication control device that controls a wireless communication device that is configured to wirelessly communicate by using a plurality of links simultaneously, the control method comprising:

controlling the wireless communication device to perform a process of communicating wirelessly a plurality of frames with another wireless communication device that is not configured to use the plurality of links simultaneously, wherein the process comprises:

transmitting, to the another wireless communication device via a first link of the plurality of links, a first frame of the plurality of frames, the first frame including a request for acquisition by the wireless communication device of a right to transmit on the first link;

in response to the first frame, receiving via the first link a second frame of the plurality of frames from the another wireless communication device, the second frame including a grant of the right to transmit to the wireless communication device on the first link;

transmitting a third frame of the plurality of frames to the another wireless communication device via the first link,

wherein the third frame includes a trigger signal for triggering the another wireless communication device to simultaneously transmit to the wireless communication device:

a fourth frame on the first link, the fourth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the wireless communication device to transmit a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on the first link, and

a fifth frame on a second link of the plurality of links that is different from the first link, the fifth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the wireless communication device to transmit a second PPDU on the second link; and

based on receiving the fourth frame and the fifth frame, simultaneously transmitting the first and second PPDUs to the another wireless communication device on the first and second links, respectively.

4 . A control method performed by a communication control device configured to control a wireless communication device that is configured to wirelessly communicate by using a plurality of links non-simultaneously, the control method comprising controlling the wireless communication device to:

perform a process of communicating wirelessly a plurality of frames with another wireless communication device that is configured to use the plurality of links simultaneously, wherein the process comprises:

receiving, from the another wireless communication device via a first link of the plurality of links, a first frame of the plurality of frames, the first frame including information indicating a request for acquisition by the another wireless communication device of a right to transmit on the first link;

in response to the first frame, transmitting via the first link a second frame of the plurality of frames to the another wireless communication device, the second frame including information indicating a grant of the right to transmit to the another wireless communication device on the first link;

receiving a third frame of the plurality of frames from the another wireless communication device via the first link,

wherein the third frame includes a trigger signal for triggering the wireless communication device to simultaneously transmit to the another wireless communication device:

a fourth frame on the first link, the fourth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the another wireless communication device to transmit a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) on the first link, and

a fifth frame on a second link of the plurality of links that is different from the first link, the fifth frame including information indicating a grant of a right to the another wireless communication device to transmit a second PPDU on the second link;

simultaneously transmitting the fourth and fifth frames to the another wireless communication device via the first and second links, respectively; and

based on the another wireless communication device receiving the fourth frame and the fifth frame, simultaneously receiving the first and second PPDUs from the another wireless communication device on the first and second links, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2023
From: TANAKA, KEN; SUGAYA, SHIGERU; HIRATA, RYUICHI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-054716 · Mar 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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