US 12,238,553 B2
Communication control apparatus, movable object, communication control method, and computer readable storage medium
Masaru Otaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,857.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-045909 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303802 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication control apparatus provided in a movable object, the communication control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory;
a communication control unit configured to control, using the at least one processor, a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a first access point;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire, using the at least one processor, while the communication unit communicates with the first access point, information indicating a communication quality with a second access point for which an authentication different from that for the first access point is required;
an authentication unit configured to acquire, using the at least one processor, authentication information by maintaining the communication between the communication unit and the first access point and also executing authentication processing for the second access point responsive to the communication quality with the second access point exceeding a first threshold while the communication unit communicates with the first access point; and
a holding unit configured to hold the authentication information in the at least one memory, wherein
the communication control unit is configured to start, using the at least one processor, wireless communication with the second access point by using the authentication information held by the holding unit when the communication quality with the second access point is higher than a communication quality with the first access point.