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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hideo Tominaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Shinji Fukuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/22 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/082 (2013.01); H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04B 1/1027 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication device for packet communication is provided. Based on an interfering wave level that is stored in carrier sense table, the number of empty slots for every threshold of interfering wave is obtained, and, in a case where the number of empty slots for the threshold exceeds a predetermined value, a slave station is notified the number of empty slots.