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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first station for communicating with a second station is disclosed. The first station may include a storage unit configured to store relationship information defining a communication relationship between the first station and the second station. The first station may also include a communication unit configured to communicate with the second station and with an access point. The communication relationship may be maintained when the communication unit begins communicating with the access point.