COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING COMMUNICATION METHOD
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Abstract
A communication device and a communication scheme judgment method that enable reception of frames of different communication schemes without setting a common synchronization signal in the frames for each communication scheme. A signal including synchronization information corresponding to a communication scheme is receivable via a frequency band within which a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a first communication scheme overlaps with at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a second communication scheme. Using the synchronization information, when synchronization of one communication scheme out of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme is establishable, processing of the signal is performed using the one communication scheme, and when the synchronization of the one communication scheme is not establishable and synchronization of the other communication scheme is establishable, processing of the signal is performed using the other communication scheme.
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28 Claims
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15. A communication device that receives, via a communication network, a plurality of signals each corresponding to one of a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme, wherein
each signal of the plurality of signals includes synchronization information corresponding to one of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme, the communication device comprising: -
a receiver configured to receive the plurality of signals via a frequency band within which at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to the first communication scheme overlaps with at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to the second communication scheme; a synchronization judgment unit that judges whether or not synchronization of a signal received by the receiver is establishable, by using the synchronization information included in the signal received by the receiver; and a scheme judgment unit that, when synchronization of one communication scheme out of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performs reception processing of the signal using the one communication scheme, and when the synchronization of the one communication scheme is not establishable and synchronization of the other communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performs reception processing of the signal using the other communication scheme. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A signal reception method of a communication device that receives, via a communication network, a plurality of signals corresponding to different communication schemes, wherein
each signal of the plurality of signals includes synchronization information corresponding to one of the different communication schemes, the signal reception method comprising: -
receiving the plurality of signals via a frequency band within which at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a first communication scheme overlaps with at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a second communication scheme; judging whether or not synchronization of a signal received by the receiver is establishable, by using the synchronization information included in the signal received by the receiver; and when synchronization of one communication scheme out of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performing reception processing of the signal using the one communication scheme, and when the synchronization of the one communication scheme is not establishable and synchronization of the other communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performing reception processing of the signal using the other communication scheme.
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27. An integrated circuit mounted on a communication device that receives, via a communication network, a plurality of signals each corresponding to one of a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme, wherein
each signal of the plurality of signals includes synchronization information corresponding to one of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme, the integrated circuit comprising: -
a receiver configured to receive the plurality of signals via a frequency band within which at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to the first communication scheme overlaps with at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to the second communication scheme; a synchronization judgment unit that judges whether or not synchronization of a signal received by the receiver is establishable, by using the synchronization information included in the signal received by the receiver; and a scheme judgment unit that, when synchronization of one communication scheme out of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performs reception processing of the signal using the one communication scheme, and when the synchronization of the one communication scheme is not establishable and synchronization of the other communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performs reception processing of the signal using the other communication scheme.
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28. A program that causes a computer to execute a signal reception method of a communication device that receives, via a communication network, a plurality of signals corresponding to different communication schemes, wherein
each signal of the plurality of signals includes synchronization information corresponding to one of the different communication schemes, the signal reception processing comprising: -
receiving the plurality of signals via a frequency band within which at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a first communication scheme overlaps with at least a portion of a frequency band of a channel corresponding to a second communication scheme; judging whether or not synchronization of a signal received by the receiver is establishable, by using the synchronization information included in the signal received by the receiver; and when synchronization of one communication scheme out of the first communication scheme and the second communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performing reception processing of the signal using the one communication scheme, and when the synchronization of the one communication scheme is not establishable and synchronization of the other communication scheme is establishable using the synchronization information, performing reception processing of the signal using the other communication scheme.
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