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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Horisaki, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 17/103 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 1/1692 (2013.01); H04L 1/1867 (2013.01); H04L 1/1685 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, and a controller configured to cause a multicast frame including distribution data and a return request to be transmitted from the antennas, and the multicast frame to be re-transmitted when the antennas receive one or more return frames as a response to the multicast frame and an intensity of the return frames meets a predetermined condition.