US 12,126,996 B2
Communication apparatus using device provisioning protocol to send or receive a communication parameter for executing 802.11r fast transition connection processing, and communication method and storage medium thereof
Hideaki Tachibana, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,002.
Application 17/488,002 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/010419, filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-064363 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022034 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/0433 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 12/0433 (2021.01) [G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 48/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A first communication apparatus comprising:
creating a provisioning frame for provisioning a second communication apparatus in accordance with a Device Provisioning Protocol (DPP) standard, the provisioning frame including an Authentication and Key Management (AKM) field in accordance with the DPP standard;
setting the AKM field to first identification information, wherein in a case where the second communication apparatus performs connection processing compliant with an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11r standard, the first identification information indicates that a first communication parameter being provided in the provisioning frame is a communication parameter for executing connection processing compliant with the IEEE 802.11r standard, wherein instead of the AKM field being set to any of a plurality of predetermined AKM parameter values defined by the DPP standard, the first identification information to which the AKM field is set, includes information not predefined by the DPP standard;
including the first communication parameter in the provisioning frame; and
transmitting the provisioning frame to the second communication apparatus.