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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenichiro Suga, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication apparatus identifies an access point with which the communication apparatus can perform wireless communication and transmits information indicating the identified access point to a communication partner apparatus by way of the wireless communication. In response to this, an access point designated by the communication partner apparatus is registered as a relay access point.


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