Patent ID: 7701962
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus for acquiring a first channel and a second channel and performing wireless communication by simultaneously using the first channel and the second channel, comprising: a device configured to generate a first frame to occupy the first channel for a specified period and a second frame to occupy the second channel for a specified period; a determination device configured to determine whether or not an idle state of either the first channel or the second channel has been continued during a predetermined time period; and a transmitting device configured to transmit the first frame after it is determined by the determination device that the idle state of the first channel has been continued during a first time period, and after a second time period has been passed, and wherein the transmitting device transmits the second frame after transmitting the first frame, and before transmitting the second frame, waiting for the second time period is omitted.