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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Keigo Tsuchiya, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 84/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication apparatus can execute a first communication mode for allowing wireless communication with an information processing apparatus via an external access point. Also, the communication apparatus can execute a second communication mode for allowing the communication apparatus to function as a master station without intervention of the external access point to perform wireless communication with the information processing apparatus serving as a slave station. Furthermore, the communication apparatus can execute a third communication mode of a standard different from standards of the first communication mode and the second communication mode. The communication apparatus controls not to execute communication in either the second communication mode or the third communication mode based on a frequency band used in the first communication mode.


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