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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sakie Nagakubo, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kudo, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/27 (2023.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/27 (2023.01); H04W 52/0203 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless communication device according to an embodiment is a wireless communication device included in a multi-hop network in which data is relayed in multiple stages in time division communication. A decision unit decides an additional slot, based on identification information received from a child node that transmits data to the wireless communication device. A communication processing unit transmits and receives data using the additional slot and a basic slot assigned based on frame information in the time division communication.