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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Ren Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Kudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumiaki Kanayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Tohzaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Sakie Nagakubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Suhwuk Kim, Kawasaki, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication device according to an embodiment is one of a plurality of wireless communication devices in a multihop wireless communication system to transmit and receive information with each other. The wireless communication device has: a transmitter configured to transmit information in an m-th slot (m is an integer equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than M, M is an integer equal to or more than 2) in a first slot group in N slot groups (N is an integer equal to or more than 2) in a frame, respective one of the slot groups including M slots, and a controller configured to control the transmitter to receive a connection request in an m-th slot in a second slot group in the N slot groups from a wireless communication device not included in the plurality of wireless communication devices.