US 12,273,910 B2
Communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
Yuki Yoshikawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,268.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-156080 (JP), filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097269 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/569 (2023.01) [H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus configured to be able to perform multilink communications compliant with an IEEE 802.11 standard using a plurality of links, the communication apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive one or more frames transmitted through one or more links from each of a plurality of external apparatuses;
a discrimination unit configured to discriminate an external apparatus that is a transmission source of the one or more frames based on a parameter included in each of the one or more frames, the discrimination unit discriminating, when two or more frames are received from one of the external apparatuses through two or more different links, the one of the external apparatus as the transmission source of the two or more frames; and
a deciding unit configured to decide a priority, in terms of communication connection, for the plurality of external apparatuses based on communication states of the two or more frames.