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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2009
Hidetada Nago, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetada Nago, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus that transmits data in certain communication interval to a receiving apparatus, using one or more communication channels among a plurality of adjacent communication channels, is provided. The apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set the one or more communication channels for transmitting the data; a transmission unit configured to transmit the data using the one or more set communication channels; and a detection unit configured to detect interference with other wireless communication apparatuses, when the transmission unit transmits the data using the one or more set communication channels; wherein the setting unit changes the number of the one or more communication channels based on a time duration that the data transmission has been restrained due to the detected interference, and the communication interval.