Patent ID: 8271059

Claim:
A communication device, in which power consumption when the communication device is not awaiting a signal is smaller than power consumption when the communication device awaits the signal, comprising: a receiver configured to receive an allocation signal indicating a first period and a second period, the first period being usable by the communication device, the second period being usable by a plurality of communication devices including the communication device and allocated after the first period; a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission signal in the first period; and an interruption module configured to interrupt at least a part of power supply to the receiver for a period in which the communication device does not await the signal, wherein the allocation signal is transmitted by a second communication device, if the transmission of the transmission signal is completed within the first period, the interruption module interrupts at least a part of power supply to the receiver in the second period, if the transmission of the transmission signal is not completed within the first period and directivity of radio waves used by the second communication device includes a direction of the communication device in a communication period allocated before the second period, the transmitter transmits a transmission signal in the second period, and if the transmission of the transmission signal is not completed within the first period and the directivity of the radio waves used by the second communication device does not include the direction of the communication device in the communication period allocated before the second period, the interruption module interrupts at least a part of the power supply to the receiver in the second period.