Patent ID: 9113413
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communication terminal in which a plurality of communication protocols are executed, the communication terminal comprising: a communication device configured to form an association with communication equipment and communicate with the communication equipment based on the association; a communication managing unit configured to decide an operational mode of the communication device; and a device power managing unit configured to control power state of the communication device in accordance with an operational mode decided by the communication managing unit, wherein the device power managing unit sets, when a first operational mode is decided by the communication managing unit, the communication device in a first power state, the first power state being a state in which transmission and reception are not allowed, and then transitions a power state of the communication device from the first power state to a second power state at a first cycle temporarily during when the communication device is in the first power state, the second power state being a state in which transmission and reception are allowed, and wherein the communication terminal selects a frame based on an execution situation of the plurality of communication protocols when the communication device is set in the second power state, and the communication terminal returns the communication device to the first power state after receiving a response frame to the selected frame.