US 11,706,748 B2
Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
Masatomo Ouchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,490.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-085495 (JP), filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360630 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
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1. An access point apparatus complying with an IEEE802.11 series standard, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the access point apparatus to:
determine, based on information received from a station apparatus connected to the access point apparatus, whether a UL MU (Uplink Multiuser) communication function is enabled or disabled in the station apparatus;
acquire, from the station apparatus, a BQR (Bandwidth Query Report) representing a state of a communication resource usable by the station apparatus, either by transmitting a BQR poll (BQRP) to the station apparatus in a case where the UL MU communication function is enabled in the station apparatus or by waiting the BQR from the station apparatus without transmitting the BQRP to the station apparatus in a case where the UL MU communication function is disabled in the station apparatus; and
decide the communication resource used to communicate with the station apparatus based on the acquired BQR.