Patent ID: 9307533
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless communication apparatus capable of controlling communication on at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel, comprising: a baseband processor to generate a beacon frame, the beacon frame, via the first frequency channel, notifying of an identifier of the second frequency channel, frequency band information on the second frequency channel, and a group identifier which is used on the second frequency channel, a group of the group identifier being a system component configured by the wireless communication apparatus and that controls to transmit and receive frames on the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel, wherein each of the frames includes a source address and a destination address, and the baseband processor controls to: receive, via the first frequency channel, a connection request frame in which a first address is specified as the source address; receive, via the first frequency channel, a change request frame to change to the second frequency channel in which the first address is specified as the source address, after permitting a connection request by the connection request frame, and conduct, via the second frequency channel, sending of a frame in which the first address is specified as the destination address and receiving of a frame in which the first address is specified as the source address, after permitting a change request by the change request frame.