Patent ID: 8724499

Claim:
A transmitter comprising: a transmission module configured to transmit a signal to a communication partner; a reception module configured to receive a positive acknowledgment transmitted by the communication partner when the signal is successfully received by the communication partner; a timer configured to measure a time elapsed from reception of the positive acknowledgment by the reception module; a storage module configured to store a change order of a plurality of frequency channels to be used for transmission by the transmission module; a controller configured to control the transmission module to change the frequency channel based on the change order when another positive acknowledgment is not received before the time measured by the timer exceeds a first period; and another timer configured to measure a time elapsed from transmission of the signal by the transmission module; wherein the transmission module is configured to retransmit the signal when the positive acknowledgment associated with the signal is not received for a certain period of time; wherein when the positive acknowledgment is not received before the time measured by said another timer exceeds a second Period, the controller is configured to control the transmission module to stop retransmission of the signal; wherein the first period is longer than the certain period of time and is shorter than the second period; wherein the signal that the transmission module is configured to transmit is received from a higher layer; and wherein the timer is configured to stop time measurement when a next signal to be transmitted is not received from the higher layer before a third period has elapsed from the transmission of the signal by the transmission module, and the timer is configured to restart the time measurement, from a time at which the time measurement was stopped, when the transmission module receives the next signal to be transmitted from the higher layer.