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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Makoto Umehara, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tachiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Umehara, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoto Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Tachiwa, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus performs communication of data using assigned time slots within a frame. In a case where data cannot be transmitted in a transmission time slot that has been assigned in order to transmit data, a time slot later than this transmission time slot is reserved as a time slot used to transmit the data, this later time slot being reserved within the frame having the transmission time slot in which the data cannot be transmitted.