Patent ID: 7489669

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: a communication device adapted to have a power saving management function; a determination device adapted to determine whether a setting of the power saving management function is valid; a detection device adapted to, when a network is to be created, detect a signal including a network identifier identical to a network identifier of the network to be created; and a control device adapted to, when said detection device detects the signal including the network identifier identical to the network identifier of the network to be created, control the communication apparatus to join the network in accordance with determination of said determination device; an obtain device adapted to obtain, from another communication apparatus, a wireless communication information setting item pertaining to wireless communication performed between said another communication apparatus and a wired communication device which wired-communicates with said another communication apparatus capable of joining the network, and power saving management function deciding information for deciding whether the power saving management function is validated, and a device adapted to, when the communication apparatus joins a wireless network, validate the power saving management function in accordance with the information obtained by said obtain device.