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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuhiko Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/23 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 28/0865 (2023.05); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a determination device configured to, in a case where the communication apparatus connects to a first network of a first base station via a first frequency channel and the communication apparatus participates in a second network via the first frequency channel without connection to a base station, determine whether a second frequency channel used by a second base station is usable in the communication performed, and a control device configured to control the communication without connection to the base station according to the determination by the determination device.