US 12,108,423 B2
Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method
Nobuo Kato, Kanagawa (JP); and Seiji Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/311,774
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047340
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/129634, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-235682 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030595 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A transmission apparatus, comprising:
one or more first processors configured to:
transmit communication data to a reception apparatus, at a communication time of day and a communication frequency, based on individual identification information of the transmission apparatus and communication interval information shared by the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus;
determine group identification information for a first group of transmission apparatuses among a plurality of transmission apparatuses based on the individual identification information, time-of-day information, and a count of pieces of the group identification information for the first group, wherein
the plurality of transmission apparatuses is divided into a plurality of groups of transmission apparatuses, and
the transmission apparatus belongs to the first group of the plurality of groups of transmission apparatuses;
set the group identification information for the first group of transmission apparatuses that includes the transmission apparatus; and
in a specific communication, transmit the communication data to the reception apparatus at the communication time of day and the communication frequency based on the set group identification information of the first group and the communication interval information.