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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hitoshi Aoki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04L 69/28 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a first search unit that searches, in one channel, for another communication apparatus by a first method complying with Wi-Fi Alliance Neighbor Awareness Networking, and a second search unit that searches, over a plurality of channels, for another communication apparatus by a second method different from the first method. The communication apparatus accepts a search instruction of the other communication apparatus and controls, in response to accepting the one instruction, the first search unit and the second search unit so as to execute a search by the first method and a search by the second method.