Patent ID: 9426746
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with another communication apparatus in an awake state, and not to wirelessly communicate with the other communication apparatus in a doze state; and a determination unit configured to determine a keep period corresponding to a predetermined percentage of a transmission cycle of a beacon signal transmitted by the other communication apparatus, the keep period indicating a period to keep the awake state in one transmission cycle of the beacon signal, wherein (a) the communication unit transits from the doze state to the awake state in accordance with reception timing of the beacon signal, (b) the awake state of the communication unit is kept for the determined keep period, and (c) if the determined keep period elapses, the communication unit transits from the awake state to the doze state.