RADIO RELAY APPARATUS, RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING RADIO COMMUNICATION BASED ON BEACON
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1. A radio relay apparatus to periodically transmit a beacon to a radio terminal apparatus, comprising:
- a control section for generating a beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs; and
a transmission section for transmitting the generated beacon to the radio terminal apparatus.
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A radio relay apparatus to periodically transmit a beacon to a radio terminal apparatus, comprises: a control section for generating a beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs; and a transmission section for transmitting the generated beacon to the radio terminal apparatus.
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17 Claims
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1. A radio relay apparatus to periodically transmit a beacon to a radio terminal apparatus, comprising:
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a control section for generating a beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs; and a transmission section for transmitting the generated beacon to the radio terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7)
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3. A radio terminal apparatus to perform communication by receiving a beacon to be periodically transmitted from a radio relay apparatus, comprising:
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a reception section for receiving a beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs; an identification information storage section for storing terminal identification information for identifying the radio terminal apparatus itself; and a control section for calculating timing of starting the reception section based on the group identification information included in the beacon received by the reception section and the terminal identification information, and for causing an operation of the reception section to be stopped until the calculated timing. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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8. A radio terminal apparatus to perform communication by receiving a beacon periodically transmitted from a radio relay apparatus, comprising:
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a reception section for receiving a beacon including terminal type information indicating a type of a radio terminal apparatus, and group identification information indicating a group to which the radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs for every type of the radio terminal apparatus; an identification information storage section for storing the terminal type information indicating the type of the radio terminal apparatus, and terminal identification information for identifying the radio terminal apparatus itself; and a control section for calculating timing to start the reception section based on the terminal type information and the group identification information, both included in the beacon received by the reception section, and the terminal type information and the terminal identification information, both stored in the identification information storage section, the control section stopping an operation of the reception section until the calculated timing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A beacon transmission method of a radio relay apparatus to periodically transmit a beacon to a radio terminal apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a beacon including group identification information indicating the number of groups of radio terminal apparatuses to be reception objects of the beacon, the number of groups corresponding to the number of the radio terminal apparatuses, and transmitting the generated beacon to the radio terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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13. A beacon reception method of a radio terminal apparatus to perform communication by receiving a beacon with a reception section, the beacon periodically transmitted from a radio relay apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a beacon with the reception section, the beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus belongs, the radio terminal apparatus being a reception object of the beacon; storing terminal identification information for identifying the radio terminal apparatus; and calculating timing of starting the reception section based on the group identification information included in the beacon received with the reception section and the stored terminal identification information to stop an operation of the reception section until the calculated timing. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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14. A beacon reception method of a radio terminal apparatus to perform communication by receiving a beacon with a reception section, the beacon periodically transmitted from a radio relay apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a beacon with the reception section, the beacon including terminal type information indicating a type of a radio terminal apparatus and group identification information indicating a group to which the radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs for every type of the radio terminal apparatus; storing the terminal type information indicating the type of the radio terminal apparatus, and terminal identification information for identifying the radio terminal apparatus itself; and calculating timing of starting the reception section based on the terminal type information and the group identification information, both included in the beacon received with the reception section, and the stored terminal type information and the stored terminal identification information, and stopping an operation of the reception section until the calculated timing. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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