Patent ID: 8898242
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus in a system in which a priority terminal has a standby time that is shorter than a standby time of a non-priority terminal, wherein the standby times are the times required until the respective terminals start data transmission after detecting that a communication medium is idle, the apparatus comprising: a transmission request unit configured to request transmission of data, wherein the transmission request causes the apparatus to send a connection request to another apparatus; a first determination unit configured to determine an amount of data to be transmitted from the apparatus to the another apparatus in a case where the apparatus is operating as the priority terminal; and a control unit configured to perform control for allowing the another apparatus, which is operating as the non-priority terminal, to transmit data according to the determined amount of data, wherein the priority terminal sends the connection request before the non-priority terminal sends the connection request.