Patent ID: 9538451
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: communication circuitry that, in operation, performs communication; finding circuitry that, in operation, finds another wireless communication device via the communication circuitry by using a first frame; phase determining circuitry that, in operation, determines whether the wireless communication device is in a first phase in which the first frame is sent or in a second phase in which the first frame is received when information concerning the other wireless communication device that is found is obtained; communication mode setting circuitry that, in operation, sets a communication mode for sending or receiving a second frame and an action frame in accordance with a result determined by the phase determining circuitry, the second frame including schedule information concerning a time in a beacon interval used for communication with the other wireless communication device, the action frame being used for forming a group with the other wireless communication device; and group forming circuitry that, in operation, sends or receives the second frame and the action frame via the communication circuitry in accordance with the communication mode set by the communication mode setting circuitry.