Patent ID: 11917406
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the communication apparatus to:
accept an input of a passphrase by a user operation;
set an authentication scheme based on a passphrase length of the passphrase, wherein the passphrase length is the number of characters in the passphrase,
wherein in a case where the passphrase length is within a predetermined range and no more than 63 characters, a user selected authentication scheme corresponding to an item selected by a user operation from among a plurality of items containing at least WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), WPA2, and WPA3, or a combination of at least two of WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 is set as the authentication scheme, and
wherein in a case where the passphrase length greater than 63 characters, WPA3 is automatically set as the authentication scheme; and
perform wireless connection with a partner apparatus using the set authentication scheme.