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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Aoki, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsufumi Mogi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus has a communication function capable of transmitting/receiving a wireless signal to/from another communication apparatus during a period of a predetermined length which comes at a predetermined time interval, and can execute at least one of transmission processing and reception processing of the wireless signal during the period as a proxy of another apparatus. In accordance with whether to execute the processing as the proxy, the communication apparatus sets a frequency at which the communication apparatus enters in a state in which the wireless signal can be transmitted/received during the periods.