Communication apparatus, wireless communication terminal, wireless communication system, and wireless communication method
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1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
- an estimating unit which estimates a first wireless channel state from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame;
a storing unit capable of storing the first wireless channel state as a past wireless channel state;
a comparing unit which compares a difference between the second wireless channel state and the past wireless channel state with a threshold value; and
a processing unit which discards the second frame when the difference is larger than the threshold value.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a communication apparatus including: an estimating unit which estimates a first wireless channel state from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame; a storing unit capable of storing the first wireless channel state as a past wireless channel state; a comparing unit which compares a difference between the second wireless channel state and the past wireless channel state with a threshold value; and a processing unit which discards the second frame when the difference is larger than the threshold value.
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1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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an estimating unit which estimates a first wireless channel state from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame;
a storing unit capable of storing the first wireless channel state as a past wireless channel state;
a comparing unit which compares a difference between the second wireless channel state and the past wireless channel state with a threshold value; and
a processing unit which discards the second frame when the difference is larger than the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A wireless communication terminal, comprising:
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an estimating unit which estimates a first wireless channel state from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame;
a storing unit capable of storing the first wireless channel state as a past wireless channel state;
a comparing unit which compares a difference between the second wireless channel state and the past wireless channel state with a first threshold value; and
a processing unit which discards the second flame when the difference is larger than the first threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a communication apparatus which has a first estimating unit which estimates a first wireless channel state from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame, a first storing unit capable of storing the first wireless channel state as a first past wireless channel state, a first comparing unit which compares a first difference between the second wireless channel state and the first past wireless channel state with a first threshold value, and a first processing unit which discards the second frame when the first difference is larger than a first threshold value; and
a terminal which has a second estimating unit which estimates a third wireless channel state from a third frame wirelessly received and a fourth wireless channel state from a fourth frame wirelessly received after the third frame, a second storing unit capable of storing the third wireless channel state as a second past wireless channel state, a second comparing unit which compares a second difference between the fourth wireless channel state and the second past wireless channel state with a second threshold value, and a second processing unit which discards the fourth frame when the second difference is larger than a second threshold value, wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits the third frame and the fourth frame, and wherein the terminal wirelessly transmits the first frame and the second frame.
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8. A wireless communication method, comprising:
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estimating a first wireless channel state by an estimating unit from a first frame wirelessly received and a second wireless channel state by the estimating unit from a second frame wirelessly received after the first frame;
storing the first wireless channel state as a past wireless channel state;
comparing a difference between the second wireless channel state and the past wireless communication with a threshold value; and
discarding the second frame when the difference is larger than the threshold value.
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9. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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an estimating unit which estimates a radio wave incoming direction from a condition of a radio wave wirelessly received;
a processing unit which creates a frame including the radio wave incoming direction; and
a transmitting/receiving unit which transmits the frame via wired transmission.
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10. A communication apparatus connectable to two access points via wired transmission, comprising:
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a storing unit capable of storing first radio wave incoming directions, as past radio wave incoming directions, included in first frames transmitted via the wired transmission from the two access points respectively;
a comparing unit which compares a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by second radio wave incoming directions included in second frames transmitted via the wired transmission from the two access points after the first frames with a threshold value;
a processing unit which creates a reply frame for the second frames only when the difference is not larger than a threshold value; and
a transmitting/receiving unit which transmits the reply frame via the wired transmission to predetermined one of the two access points. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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first and second communication apparatuses each of which has an estimating unit which estimates a first radio wave incoming direction from a first condition of a first radio wave wirelessly received and a second radio wave incoming direction from a second condition of a second radio wave wirelessly received after the first radio wave, a processing unit which creates a first frame including the first radio wave incoming direction and a second frame including the second radio wave incoming direction, and a transmitting/receiving unit which transmits the first frame via wired transmission and the second frame via wired transmission respectively, the first and second communication apparatuses being placed at locations different from each other; and
a third communication apparatus which comprises a storing unit capable of storing the first radio wave incoming directions, as past radio wave incoming directions, included in the first frames transmitted via wired transmission from the first and second communication apparatuses respectively, an comparing unit which compares a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by the second radio wave incoming directions included in the second frames with a threshold value, a processing unit which creates a reply frame for the second frames only when the difference is not larger than the threshold value, and a transmitting/receiving unit which transmits the reply frame via wired transmission to predetermined one of the first and second communication apparatuses.
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13. A wireless communication method, comprising:
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in first and second communication apparatuses placed at locations different from each other, estimating a first radio wave incoming direction from a first condition of a first radio wave wirelessly received and a second radio wave incoming direction from a second condition of a second radio wave wirelessly received after the first radio wave, creating a first frame including the first radio wave incoming direction and a second frame including the second radio wave incoming direction, and transmitting the first frame via wired transmission and the second frame via wired transmission respectively;
storing the first radio wave incoming directions, as past radio wave incoming directions, included in the first frames transmitted via wired transmission from the first and second communication apparatuses respectively;
comparing a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by the second radio wave incoming directions included in the second frames with a threshold value;
creating a reply frame for the second frames only when the difference is not larger than the threshold value; and
transmitting the reply frame via wired transmission to predetermined one of the first and second communication apparatuses.
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14. A communication apparatus, comprising:
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an estimating unit which estimates a first radio wave incoming direction from a first condition of a first radio wave wirelessly received and a second radio wave incoming direction from a second condition of a second radio wave wirelessly received after the first radio wave;
a storing unit capable of storing the first radio wave incoming direction and a third radio wave incoming direction included in a first frame transmitted via wired transmission as past radio wave incoming directions;
a comparing unit which compares a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by the second radio wave incoming direction and a fourth radio wave incoming direction included in a second frame transmitted via wired transmission after the first frame with a threshold value; and
a processing unit which discards information included in the second radio wave when the difference is larger than a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a first communication apparatus which has a first estimating unit which estimates a first radio wave incoming direction from a first condition of a first radio wave wirelessly received and a second radio wave incoming direction from a second condition of a second radio wave wirelessly received after the first radio wave, a first processing unit which creates a first frame including the first radio wave incoming direction and a second frame including the second radio wave incoming direction, and a transmitting/receiving unit which transmits the first frame via wired transmission and the second frame via wired transmission respectively; and
a second communication apparatus which is located at a position different from the first communication apparatus and has a second estimating unit which estimates a third radio wave incoming direction from a third condition of a third radio wave wirelessly received and a fourth radio wave incoming direction from a fourth condition of a fourth radio wave wirelessly received after the third radio wave, an storing unit capable of storing the third radio wave incoming direction and the first radio wave incoming direction included in the first frame transmitted via wired transmission from the first communication apparatus as past radio wave incoming directions, an comparing unit which compares a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by the fourth radio wave incoming direction and the second radio wave incoming direction included in the second frame transmitted via wired transmission with a threshold value, and a second processing unit which discards information included in the second radio wave when the difference is larger than a threshold value.
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17. A wireless communication method, comprising:
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in a first communication apparatus, estimating a first radio wave incoming direction from a first condition of a first radio wave wirelessly received and a second radio wave incoming direction from a second condition of a second radio wave wirelessly received after the first radio wave, creating a first frame including the first radio wave incoming direction and a second frame including the second radio wave incoming direction, and transmitting the first frame via wired transmission and the second frame via wired transmission respectively; and
in a second communication apparatus which is located at a position different from the first communication apparatus, estimating a third radio wave incoming direction from a third condition of a third radio wave wirelessly received and a fourth radio wave incoming direction from a fourth condition of a fourth radio wave wirelessly received after the third radio wave, storing the third radio wave incoming direction and the first radio wave incoming direction included in the first frame transmitted via wired transmission from the first communication apparatus as past radio wave incoming directions, comparing a difference between a first terminal location by the past radio wave incoming directions and a second terminal location by the fourth radio wave incoming direction and the second radio wave incoming direction included in the second frame transmitted via wired transmission with a threshold value, and discarding information included in the second radio wave when the difference is larger than a threshold value.
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