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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Motozuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Irie, Kanagawa, JP;
Takenori Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naganori Shirakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yao Huang Gaius Wee, Singapore, SG;
Michael Hong Cheng Sim, Singapore, SG;
Lei Huang, Singapore, SG;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a PHY frame generating circuit that generates a PHY frame including either of a short Sector Sweep frame and a Sector Sweep frame; and an array antenna that selects, based on the PHY frame, any sector from among a plurality of sectors and transmits the PHY frame. In a case where, in the PHY frame including the short Sector Sweep frame, a Direction field of the short Sector Sweep frame indicates Initiator Sector Sweep, the PHY frame generating circuit replaces a Short Sector Sweep Feedback field indicating a number of a selected best short Sector Sweep with a Short Scrambled Basic Service Set ID field indicating an abbreviated address generated from an address of a destination communication apparatus.