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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Makoto Umeuchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Takefumi Hiraguri, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomohiro Tokuyasu, Yokosuka, JP;
Toshihiro Manabe, Yokosuka, JP;
Makoto Umeuchi, Yokosuka, JP;
Takefumi Hiraguri, Yokosuka, JP;
Tomohiro Tokuyasu, Yokosuka, JP;
Toshihiro Manabe, Yokosuka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an access point scan method by which a station disconnected from an access point scans for a next access point to which the station can be connected at a predetermined scan interval, the station sets a shorter scan interval when a possibility of connection to the next access point to which the station can be connected is presumed to be high or a need for connection is presumed to be great, and sets a longer scan interval when the possibility of connection is presumed to be low or the need for connection is presumed to be small, based on one of information on the access point to which the station being connected just before disconnection and information on the station.