Patent ID: 8078112
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus which operates under a wireless communication environment in which multiple channels are prepared, said wireless communication apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit wireless data over each channel of the multiple channels; a receiving unit configured to receive the wireless data over each channel of the multiple channels; a channel setting unit configured to set a data sending/receiving channel in the transmitting and receiving units; a communication control unit configured to control transmission and reception of the wireless data via the transmitting unit and the receiving unit; a beacon generating unit configured to generate a beacon signal including control information concerning the data sending/receiving channel, the transmitting unit sending the beacon over a beacon sending channel; a beacon analyzing unit configured to analyze a beacon signal received from another wireless communication apparatus; wherein said channel setting unit sets the data sending/receiving channel to another channel of the multiple channels based on the beacon signal received from the other wireless communication apparatus.