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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Yuki Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Nozaki, Osaka, JP;
Kentarou Yanagihara, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Kubo, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Nozaki, Osaka, JP;
Kentarou Yanagihara, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a communications apparatus, a communication controller transmits and receives signals on any of plural channels. A channel switching controller is responsive to channel switching information selectively defining plural reception-waiting periods using the channels to alter a channel to be used by the communication controller. A neighboring node channel controller exchanges channel switching information with other nodes to manage the channel switching information received from the other nodes. When transmitting transmission signals, a transmission controller refers to the channel switching information of the other nodes, and controls repetitive transmission of the transmission signals on the channel thus searched for.