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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Atsushi Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Eguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Eguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention has as its object to reduce power consumption of dependent stations with low frequency of communication by controlling communications of the control station in a network. According to this invention, a control station communicating with dependent stations comprises a classification unit configured to classify the dependent stations connected to the control station into a plurality of groups; a first transmission unit configured to transmit first broadcast-frame to the dependent stations classified into first group; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit second broadcast-frame to the dependent stations classified into second group with lower frequency of communication compared to the first group, wherein the second transmission unit transmits the second broadcast-frame with a lower transmitting frequency compared to the first broadcast-frame transmitting frequency of the first transmission unit.