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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device and a communication method for allowing a communication terminal to be able to search for access points within a short time are provided. A communication device operating as an access point in a wireless network transmits a beacon signal at a predetermined beacon interval on an operation channel selected from available frequency channels. In addition, the communication device performs data transmission and data reception to/from a communication terminal subordinate thereto on the operation channel, and transmits a notification signal including information about the operation channel while switching channels at each predetermined cycle in available frequency channels other than the operation channel.