Patent ID: 9681410
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a processing unit and a memory device encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to: receive first beacons from plural peripheral communication stations; generate a second beacon on which beacon timing information related to a reception time of a first beacon of the first beacons is placed; and control transmission timing of the second beacon, wherein the second beacon includes a field that indicates whether or not the second beacon includes information about each of the first beacons received by the communication apparatus from the plural peripheral communication stations, wherein the processing unit places information on the second beacon indicating whether or not a state of the first beacon of the first beacons has changed and wherein the information indicating whether or not the state of the first beacon of the first beacons has changed is composed of a numeric value, and when the state of the first beacon of the first beacons has changed, the numeric value is increased.