US 12,457,654 B2
Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Hirohiko Inohiza, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,354.
Application 18/175,354 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/031732, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-147490 (JP), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209632 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
an establishment unit configured to establish a plurality of links with another communication apparatus via a plurality of different channels;
a control unit configured to perform control such that in a case where a communication is being performed using the plurality of links established by the establishment unit, a FILS (Fast Initial Link Setup) discovery frame and/or an unsolicited probe response frame is not transmitted at an interval of 20 or smaller TUs (Time Units) and is transmitted at an interval of 20 or greater TUs, while in a case where a communication is not being performed using the plurality of links established by the establishment unit, a FILS discovery frame and/or an unsolicited probe response frame is transmitted at an interval of 20 or smaller Tus;
a transmission unit configured to transmit a beacon frame including an unsolicited probe responses active subfield in which 1 is set as a value; and
a first determination unit configured to determine whether a size of a beacon frame transmitted by the transmission unit is greater than a predetermined threshold value in a case where a communication is being performed using the plurality of links established by the establishment unit,
wherein the control unit performs control such that in a case where the first determination unit determines that the size of the beacon frame is greater than the predetermined threshold value, a FILS discovery frame and/or an unsolicited probe response frame is transmitted at an interval greater than 20 TUs, while in a case where the first determination unit determines that the size of the beacon frame is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value, a FILS discovery frame and/or an unsolicited probe response frame is transmitted at an interval equal to or smaller than 20 TUs.