Patent ID: 9246805
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication station comprising: a receiving unit, implemented by a processor, configured to receive a packet from a network in which a plurality of communication stations are wirelessly interconnected; a determining unit, implemented by the processor, configured to determine whether the receiving unit receives a first packet in which a transmission source is an address of a first communication station and a transmission destination address is an address of another communication station different from the first communication station among the plurality of communication stations; a transmitting unit, implemented by the processor, configured to transmit a reply request packet to request a reply to the first communication station; and a reachability testing unit, implemented by the processor, configured to control so that the transmitting unit does not transmit the reply request packet when it is determined that the first packet has been received before a predetermined timing and transmits the reply request packet when it is determined that the first packet has not been received before the predetermined timing.