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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Applicant:
Ichiro Kuwana, Nerima-ku, JP;
Inventor:
Ichiro Kuwana, Nerima-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a communication apparatus is operating as a control station on a network, control is exercised so as to handover the control station when it is recognized that the status of the power supply of another communication apparatus participating in this network is indicative of commercial power. Recognition is performed by receiving information, which requests handover of the control station, from the other communication apparatus whose power-supply status is indicative of commercial power.