US 11,678,179 B2
Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, computer program, and storage medium
Fumihide Goto, Naka-gun (JP); and Tatsuhiko Sakai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,732.
Application 17/393,732 is a continuation of application No. 16/592,208, filed on Oct. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,115,816.
Application 16/592,208 is a continuation of application No. 16/216,223, filed on Dec. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,462,696, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Application 16/216,223 is a continuation of application No. 14/817,781, filed on Aug. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,200,903, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Application 14/817,781 is a continuation of application No. 13/122,619, granted, now 9,125,237, issued on Sep. 1, 2015, previously published as PCT/JP2009/067283, filed on Sep. 28, 2009.
Claims priority of application No. 2008-259997 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368336 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 43/12 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/041 (2021.01) [H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 75 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more computers that causes the communication apparatus to:
start processing including search processing, wait processing and share processing in accordance with an instruction from a user;
execute the search processing, by sending a probe request and receiving a probe response, to search a communication partner apparatus in a plurality of channels including a first channel and a second channel, wherein the second channel is not adjacent to the first channel;
execute the wait processing, by waiting for a probe request from a communication partner apparatus, wherein, in a case where the communication apparatus receives a probe request during execution of the wait processing, the communication apparatus responds by sending a probe response; and
execute the share processing for sharing a communication parameter with the communication partner apparatus detected by the search processing or the communication partner apparatus from which the communication apparatus received a probe request during the wait processing,
wherein when the search processing in the first channel is finished, the communication apparatus executes the search processing in the second channel without the search processing in a third channel which is adjacent to the first channel and length of period for the wait processing is randomly determined.