Patent ID: 9258828
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a storage which stores a first set and a second set, the first set including first inter frame spaces of one or more types and the second set including second inter frame spaces of the one or more types, the first inter frame spaces and the second inter frame spaces each indicating a time required before a frame can be transmitted after detecting carrier sense on a wireless medium changed from busy to idle; a selection unit which selects either the first set or the second set in order to use for communication; and a transmission and reception processing unit which communicates with a first apparatus using a first communication scheme, by using either the first inter frame spaces or the second inter frame spaces according to a selection result of the selection unit; wherein when each of the second inter frame spaces are compared with each of the first inter frame spaces of a same type, a value of said each of the second inter frame spaces is equal to or larger than a value of said each of the first inter frame spaces of the same type, a value of one of the second inter frame spaces of a first type is larger than a value of one of the first inter frame spaces of the first type, and the value of one of the second inter frame spaces of the first type is determined based on a value of an inter frame space used in a second communication scheme, wherein the first communication scheme is a scheme for transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of devices, and wherein the second communication scheme is a scheme for transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of devices.