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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Ryoko Matsuo, Shinagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihisa Nabetani, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirokazu Tanaka, Bunkyo, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); H04W 74/004 (2013.01); H04W 74/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/168 (2018.01); Y02D 70/26 (2018.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a beacon signal including first information to specify a first wireless communication device to be reassigned a slot and a start timing to allow use of a reassigned slot, and transmit, after transmission of the first information, a first signal including second information to specify the reassigned slot, the first signal being a signal different from the beacon signal and a receiver configured to receive a signal.