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Wireless communications device, wireless communications method, and wireless communications control program

  • US 9,930,512 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2014
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless communication apparatus that performs communication using WiGig, the apparatus comprising:

  • a searcher which, in operation;

    transmits a search signal to one or more other wireless communication apparatuses to form a group with a communication peer, andreceives one or more signals indicating search results from the one or more other wireless communication apparatuses, the wireless communication apparatus and the one or more other wireless communication apparatuses being configurable to any of a group owner and a client,a medium manager which, in operation, transmits, as a temporary owner, a temporary signal including medium schedule information and information indicating assignments of a dedicated medium and a non-dedicated medium, when a signal designating the communication peer of the wireless communication apparatus from among found other wireless communication apparatuses is received from a user input device; and

    a group formatter which, in operation, transmits an action frame to form the group with the communication peer after transmission of the temporary signal, and sets either the wireless communication apparatus or the communication peer to be the group owner after the group is formed, based on apparatus information of the communication peer and apparatus information of the wireless communication apparatus.

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