Patent ID: 9628943
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a first communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another communication apparatus, using a first communication method; a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the another communication apparatus using a second communication method in which a communication speed is higher than a communication speed in the first communication method; a determination unit configured to determine, when the communication apparatus is connected to the another communication apparatus by the first communication unit, if the communication apparatus transmits a request message requesting a connection with the another communication apparatus by the second communication unit and receives a request message requesting a connection using the second communication method from the another communication apparatus, whether a response message is to be transmitted by the communication apparatus or by the another communication apparatus on the basis of a comparison between a random number included in the request message transmitted by the communication apparatus and a random number included in the request message received from the another communication apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, if the determination unit determines that the communication apparatus transmits the response message, a response message rejecting the connection using the second communication method to the another communication apparatus using the first communication unit, regardless of whether the connection using the second communication method requested in the request message received from the another communication apparatus is executable,