Patent ID: 9215741
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A second wireless station comprising: a communicating unit configured to transmit a packet to a first wireless station and retransmit the packet when a response signal for the packet from the first wireless station is not received by a predetermined response time limit; an acquiring unit configured to obtain from the first wireless station transmission prohibition period information indicating a transmission prohibition period for the first wireless station, during which transmission of a signal by the first wireless station is prohibited; and a postponing unit configured to: extend the predetermined response time limit that was to expire in the transmission prohibition period indicated by the acquired transmission prohibition period information such that the predetermined response time limit expires after the transmission prohibition period ends; and transmit the packet to the first wireless station during the transmission prohibition period of the first wireless station, wherein extending the predetermined response time limit comprises extending a waiting period from the transmission of the packet until the extended predetermined response time limit expires.