Patent ID: 8817789
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to function as units including: (1) a discriminating unit configured to discriminate (a) first priority information concerning data communication of a first communication apparatus which has newly joined a network and (b) second priority information concerning data communication of a second communication apparatus which has already joined a network; and (2) a defining unit configured to define a type of a communication frame or a communication frame length used for the data communication of the first communication apparatus, in accordance with the first priority information and the second priority information, wherein the processor is further configured to function as a determining unit configured to determine a communication apparatus for which a high communication quality is assured, on the basis of the second priority information discriminated by said discriminating unit, and wherein said defining unit defines at least one of the type of the communication frame and a number of frames to be aggregated in the communication frame on the basis of the result of the determination by said determining unit.