Patent ID: 8964612
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus, comprising: at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to: participate in a first network formed by a first base station as a station; form a second network as a base station; manage a power mode of another communication apparatus participating in the second network; determine whether the another communication apparatus has shifted from operating according to a first power mode to operating according to a second power mode, wherein power consumption of the second power mode is less than power consumption of the first power mode; notify the first base station of a change of a power mode of the communication apparatus from the first power mode to the second power mode in a case where it is determined that the another communication apparatus has shifted to operation according to the second power mode; and change the power mode of the communication apparatus from the first power mode to the second power mode according to a response, from the first base station, to the notification in a case where the communication apparatus participates in the first network and forms the second network.