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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes an establishment unit configured to establish a first connection between the communication apparatus and a first other communication apparatus via one or more links using one or more first frequency channels, and to establish a second connection between the communication apparatus and a second other communication apparatus via one or more links using one or more first frequency channels, a determination unit configured to determine a frequency channel necessary for arriving a frame transmitted in multicast communication or broadcast communication to the first other communication apparatus and the second other communication apparatus, where the frequency channel is determined from among a plurality of frequency channels used in the links of the first and second connections established by the establishment unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the frame on the frequency channel determined by the determination unit.