Patent ID: 8705561

Claim:
A radio apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to set a time interval before a packet signal is broadcast; and a communication unit configured to broadcast the packet signal at the time interval set by said control unit, wherein the communication unit receives a control signal broadcasted from an access control apparatus, the control signal including information regarding frame construction defining 100 milliseconds frames each including a first period and a second period, during the first period, a packet signal under an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme is broadcasted by the access control apparatus, during the second period, a packet signal under a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) communication scheme is broadcasted by the radio apparatus, the control signal being broadcasted in the first period, while the radio apparatus is in a location where no control signal is receivable by the communication unit, the control unit sets the time interval to be a first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme independently of the information regarding frame construction, while the radio apparatus is in a location where the control signal is receivable in the first period by the communication unit, the control unit sets the time interval to a second interval shorter than the first interval to broadcast the packet signal under the CSMA/CA communication scheme in the second period, the first period includes a plurality of first slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the access control apparatus is broadcasted and a plurality of second slots in which a packet signal under the OFDM scheme from the radio apparatus is transmitted, the first and second slots being time-division multiplexed, and the control signal received by said communication unit contains slot information on the plurality of second slots in the first period, the slot information being usable for communication between the radio apparatus and a second radio apparatus different from the radio apparatus, and the slot information comprising an indication on one or more collision slots if a collision is detected by the access control apparatus during the one or more collision slots among the plurality of second slots.