Patent ID: 9634897
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus configured to communicate with an external apparatus in a case where both the communication apparatus and the external apparatus are configured to communicate using an auto-negotiation mode and a fixed mode, comprising: a memory device; a processor configured to execute computer executable instructions recorded on the memory device, the computer executable instructions including instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to: determine whether a power saving function is active, the power saving function being a function that cannot be active unless both the communication apparatus and the external apparatus are operating in the auto-negotiation mode; and transmit, to the external apparatus, a changing command for changing a setting of a communication mode of the external apparatus from the fixed mode to the auto-negotiation mode in a case where the external apparatus is operating in the fixed mode and it is determined that the power saving function is not active.