US 12,267,733 B2
Communication control device, communication control method, communication terminal, and communication method for switching a terminal from a first connection to a second connection
Ryuichi Hirata, Tokyo (JP); Kosuke Aio, Kanagawa (JP); and Shigeru Sugaya, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,476.
Application 18/636,476 is a continuation of application No. 17/430,324, granted, now 11,968,579, previously published as PCT/JP2020/009656, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-054045 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259902 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0016 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication control device comprising:
control circuitry configured to cause a second communication device to generate a switching response frame indicating a response of connection switching that is to be transmitted to a communication terminal configured to switch a connection destination from a first communication device to the second communication device, on a basis of information regarding connection between the first communication device and the communication terminal;
a transmitter configured to transmit a switching request frame including the information regarding connection and indicating a request of connection switching, to the second communication device,
wherein the control circuitry causes the second communication device to generate the switching response frame on a basis of the switching request frame; and
a receiver configured to receive a transition query frame indicating a query of connection transition that is transmitted from the communication terminal,
wherein the control circuitry generates a switching query frame indicating a query of connection switching, on a basis of the transition query frame.