Patent ID: 9661556
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain information, about (1) a beacon interval and (2) a number of beacon intervals between successive beacons that include a Deliver Traffic Indication Message (DTIM), of a base station defined in IEEE 802.11 series; a determination unit configured to determine whether the communication apparatus is operated in a power save mode, in which a state to receive data from the base station and a state not to receive the data from the base station are alternated, as defined in IEEE 802.11 series, based on the beacon interval and the number of beacon intervals between successive beacons that include a DTIM; and a control unit configured to operate the communication apparatus in the power save mode or a mode, in which the state to receive data from the base station is maintained without shifting to the state not to receive data from the base station, different from the power save mode, based on the beacon interval and the number of beacon intervals between successive beacons that include a DTIM.