US 12,446,087 B2
Communication apparatus and communication method
Hiromichi Tomeba, Sakai (JP); Yasuhiro Hamaguchi, Sakai (JP); Hideo Namba, Sakai (JP); and Atsushi Shirakawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Appl. No. 17/926,649
Filed by Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/019413
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241452, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-093908 (JP), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199882 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 72/0446 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access point apparatus configured to communicate with a station apparatus using a plurality of links, the access point apparatus comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of Physical Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) soliciting a plurality of response frames; and
a receiver configured to receive the plurality of response frames, the plurality of response frames being received on the plurality of links, wherein
in a case of an operation on a pair of non-Simultaneously Transmission and Reception (STR) links, an end time of each of the plurality of PPDUs is aligned, and
dummy information is included in at least one of the plurality of PPDUs as a part of the at least one of the plurality of PPDUs to align the end time of each of the plurality of PPDUs.