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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Ryoya Tsuji, Nagoya, JP;
Hirotaka Asakura, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Shimada, Owariasahi, JP;
Hiroshi Shibata, Obu, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A communication device may, in a specific situation where the communication device is in a parent station state in which the communication device operates as a parent station of a first wireless network and N pieces of first external devices participate in the first wireless network as child stations, receive a belonging request from a second external device. The communication device may shift from the parent station state to a first state, in a case where the belonging request is received in the specific situation, execute a wireless communication of target data with the second external device, shift from the first state to the parent station state, and cause M pieces of the first external devices among the N pieces of the first external devices to participate in the first wireless network again as child stations after the communication device has been shifted to the parent station state.