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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Ken Naka, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshio Urabe, Nara, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication device includes a communication unit that performs communication, a finding unit that finds another wireless communication device by using a first frame, a phase determining unit that determines whether the wireless communication device is in a first phase or in a second phase when information concerning the other wireless communication device is obtained that is found, a communication mode setting unit that sets a communication mode for sending or receiving a second frame and an action frame in accordance with a determination result, and a group forming unit that sends or receives the second frame and the action frame in accordance with the set communication mode. The second frame includes schedule information concerning a bandwidth used for communication with the other wireless communication device, and the action frame is used for forming a group with the other wireless communication device.


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