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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirohiko Inohiza, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/16 (2006.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/16 (2013.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02);
Abstract
A communication apparatus for executing wireless communication complying with an IEEE 802.11 standard series by establishing a plurality of links with another apparatus updates an encryption key individually set for each of the plurality of links by executing predetermined processing including transmission of a predetermined message to the other apparatus. In the predetermined processing, the communication apparatus transmits, to the other apparatus, the predetermined message including information concerning the encryption keys for at least two links among the plurality of links.