Patent ID: 11923986
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer included in a communication device to receive from a partner device a radio frame conforming to an IEEE 802.11 standard series, wherein the radio frame contains a Media Access Control (MAC) frame that indicates a capability related to Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) of the partner device,
wherein in a case where the partner device that transmitted the radio frame can use HARQ, it is indicated that the partner device has a capability to use HARQ by information indicating the capability related to HARQ being included in the MAC frame of the radio frame, and in a case where the partner device that transmitted the radio frame does not have a capability to use HARQ, it is indicated that the partner device cannot use HARQ by the information indicating the capability related to HARQ not being included in the MAC frame of the radio frame.