Patent SG-11201804646S-A (SG)
Title: Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program
Inventor: AOKI HITOSHI
IPC: H04W52/02
Filed: 2016-11-11
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau irst0) (43) International Publication Date .... ..sr.) 8 June 2017 (08.06.2017) W I P0 1 PCT ID Hit (10) 1111111111111111111 WO International Ell 2017/094476 Publication 111111111111111111111114111111RIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Number Al (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every H04W 8/00 (2009.01) H04W 52/02 (2009.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, H04W 48/16 (2009.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/JP2016/083535 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, (22) International Filing Date: KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 11 November 2016 (11.11.2016) MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (25) Filing Language: English SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, (26) Publication Language: English TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 2015-236993 3 December 2015 (03.12.2015) JP (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA [JP/JP]; 30- GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, 2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, 1468501 (JP). TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (72) Inventor: AOKI, Hitoshi; c/o CANON KABUSHIKI TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, KAISHA, 30-2,Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, 1468501 (JP). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (74) Agents: OHTSUKA, Yasunori et al.; 7th Fl., Kioicho GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Park Bldg., 3-6,Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 1020094 (JP). [Continued on next page] (54) Title: COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM (57) : A communication apparatus, in a Neighbor Awareness Net- working (NAN) Discovery Window (DW), performs a first communication with another communication apparatus that belongs to an NAN cluster to which the communication apparatus belongs, and performs a second com- munication with another communication apparatus belonging to the NAN ( START cluster in a period other than the DW. When the communication apparatus has determined a schedule for communicating with a first other communica- S701 tion in the apparatus, a case of second communication with a second other DATA LINK IS THERE NO ALREADY communication apparatus different to the first other communication apparat- ESTABLISHED? the apparatus determines a for us, communication schedule communicating YES with the second other communication apparatus so that a period for the second communication with the first other communication apparatus and a S702 period for the second communication with the second other communication IS A PLURALITY NO OF DATA LINKS apparatus at least partially overlap. ESTABLISHED? YES S703 IS THERE DATA LINK FOR VVI-IICH NO SERVICE ID MATCHES 7 YES S704 5705 5706 c l (- I T ,-' 11 DESIGNATE BASIC DLW TO MATCH SERVICE ID DESIGNATE BASIC DLW TO MATCH DATA LINK DESIGNATE DEFAULT BASIC DLW .4t IN ESTABLISHED DATA LINK ALREADY ESTABLISHED C ) IN i t i t Ct C ---.... IN 11 C ei O WO 2017/094476 Al IMIOHOMMIDIIM01011110HOMMOMEMOMMIE Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))