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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Umehara, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus is capable of using a method of transmitting a signal using a plurality of wireless links, based on confirmation that a wireless medium related to one wireless link among the plurality of wireless links varying in frequency channels is idle for a random backoff time determined by a first method, and a method of transmitting a signal using one wireless link, based on confirmation that a wireless medium related to the one wireless link is idle for a random backoff time determined by a second method, wherein an expectation value of the random backoff time determined by the first method is larger than an expectation value of the random backoff time determined by the second method.