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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ken Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Shigeru Sugaya, Tokyo, JP;

Ryuichi Hirata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0816 (2024.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02);
Abstract

A communication method and a corresponding communication device including a control circuit configured to perform control for: exchanging a frame with another communication device wirelessly by using a plurality of links; transmitting, to the another communication device, a first frame including a request for acquisition of a transmission right on a first link by using the first link; generating a third frame including information for triggering the another communication device to acquire a transmission right on a second link different from the first link in a case where a second frame including permission to acquire the transmission right on the first link is received, the second frame being transmitted from the another communication device by using the first link; and transmitting the third frame to the another communication device by using the first link.


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