Abstract: Provided is a communication device including a control unit configured to perform control for: exchanging a frame with another communication device wirelessly by using a plurality of links; transmitting, to the another communication device, a first frame including a request for acquisition of a transmission right on a first link by using the first link; generating a third frame including information for triggering the another communication device to acquire a transmission right on a second link different from the first link in a case where a second frame including permission to acquire the transmission right on the first link is received, the second frame being transmitted from the another communication device by using the first link; and transmitting the third frame to the another communication device by using the first link. The present technology can be applied to, for example, communication devices that constitute a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: Provided is a communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links such that a difference between transmission end times of respective links is within a predetermined range. A communication device includes a first communication unit that performs communication on a first link, a second communication unit that performs communication on a second link, and a control unit that controls communication operations of the first communication unit and the second communication unit using the first link and the second link. The control unit controls a transmission frame length in the first link or the second link when the first communication unit starts transmission first on the first link.

Abstract: A communication device that performs multi-link and multi-user communication is provided. A communication device includes a communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating on a plurality of links, a communication processing unit that performs processing of simultaneously receiving data from a plurality of transmission-side communication devices, and a control unit that performs control to receive data using an optimum link from each of the plurality of transmission-side communication devices. The control unit transmits a trigger request signal for requesting information regarding a transmission opportunity from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices on a link on which a reception opportunity has been acquired, and determines an optimum link for each transmission-side communication device on the basis of a request response signal from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices.

Abstract: A communication control device that causes a second communication device to generate a switching response frame indicating a response of connection switching that is to be transmitted to a communication terminal configured to switch a connection destination from a first communication device to the second communication device, on the basis of information regarding a connection between the first communication device and the communication terminal.

Abstract: A communication device that increases transmission efficiency by using a plurality of links is to be provided. A communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links sends, during a period of transmission using a first link, a notification of information regarding a change in the transmission period in the first link, the change being caused by further transmission using a second link. The communication device sends, in the first link, a notification of information indicating whether or not acquisition of a transmission right is being attempted in the second link, and sends, in the second link, a notification of information indicating whether or not at least information regarding a transmission period written in a frame to be transmitted in the first link has been changed, and the information regarding the change in the transmission period in the first link.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and method capable of improving reliability of notification regarding a reception result in communication using a plurality of bands. The wireless communication device controls to transmit, by using any band of two or more bands, an MBO BA Setup signal containing setting information regarding a setting of a notification method for a reception result used for communication in the two or more bands, and to transmit a Data signal containing data by using the two or more bands. The present technology can be applied to wireless communication systems.

Abstract: A communication device that performs multi-link and multi-user communication is provided. A communication device includes a communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating on a plurality of links, a communication processing unit that performs processing of simultaneously transmitting data to a plurality of reception-side communication devices, and a control unit that performs control to transmit data using an optimum link to each of the plurality of reception-side communication devices. The control unit performs control to transmit a trigger request signal for requesting information regarding a reception opportunity from the plurality of reception-side communication devices on a link on which a transmission opportunity has been acquired, and determine an optimum link for each reception-side communication device on the basis of a request response signal from the plurality of reception-side communication devices.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus: performs communication using a first link; performs communication using a second link; and performs allocation control of allocating transmission data to first data and second data, transmission control of controlling transmission of the first data using the first link and transmission of the second data using the second link, and reception control of controlling reception using the first link of a first response including reception success/failure information indicating a success/failure of reception with respect to the first data and at least a part of the second data and reception using the second link of a second response including the reception success/failure information indicating a success/failure of reception with respect to the second data and at least a part of the first data. The present technique can be applied to wireless communication systems.

Abstract: The technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method for enabling a wireless terminal station to easily select an appropriate connection destination from among a plurality of wireless base stations. A first wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to transmit to a wireless terminal station a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations communicating with each other, the first wireless communication apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of wireless base stations.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method capable of promptly notifying a wireless communication apparatus on a transmission side of a data reception status of a wireless communication apparatus on a reception side. The wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits data to another wireless communication apparatus via one or more first links, and a receiver that receives control information from the another wireless communication apparatus via one or more second links in parallel with transmission of the data via the one or more first links. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless communication apparatus that performs multi-link operation (MLO).

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a wireless communication device that functions as a base station, and one or more wireless communication terminals that communicate with the wireless communication device as slave units, a controller in the wireless communication device sets propriety information indicating whether or not reception of a packet transmitted from the wireless communication terminals is possible during a downlink transmission period when the wireless communication device transmits a packet, and a communication section in the wireless communication device transmits the packet including the propriety information.

Abstract: The technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method for enabling a wireless terminal station to easily select an appropriate connection destination from among a plurality of wireless base stations. A first wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to transmit to a wireless terminal station a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations communicating with each other, the first wireless communication apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of wireless base stations.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of more appropriately preferentially transmitting data of a specific attribute. There is provided a communication device including a control unit that performs control to estimate a transmission capacity to repeatedly transmit data of a specific attribute by a predetermined amount of information at each predetermined transmission interval, and determine, in a case where a transmission opportunity is acquired by random access control with another communication device, a predetermined transmission capacity to be transmitted according to an elapsed time of a predetermined transmission interval, and transmit the data of the specific attribute. The present technology can be applied to, for example, devices constituting a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: To provide a communication device for transmitting a common response signal including data acquisition success/failure information of a plurality of links. A communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links includes a common data processing unit that includes a common storage unit of a cache type storing success/failure of acquisition of packets received on the plurality of links, and that performs common data processing on packets received on individual links, and a control unit that controls transmission of a response signal to the packets received. The control unit generates a common response signal including acquisition success/failure information received on the plurality of links on the basis of acquisition success/failure information held in the common storage unit.

Abstract: Provided is a communication device that performs multi-link operation by synchronous transmission. The communication device includes a communication unit that performs communication by a plurality of links, and a control unit that controls a communication operation by the communication unit. The control unit performs control to transmit a signal including information regarding a period in which data transmission is performed by the plurality of links. The information regarding the period includes at least one piece of information of a start time of the period, a time length of the period, and a link for performing transmission is the period. The control unit controls description of information regarding the start time of the period and the time length of the period so that the periods overlap at each link used for the data transmission.

Abstract: A first access point comprises circuitry configured to perform a sounding procedure with one or more first stations associated with the first access point and configured to communicate with the first access point over a respective channel to determine resource unit allocation and beamforming configuration for use in subsequent communication with respective first stations, and to transmit a training data unit containing signaling information related to the determined resource unit allocation and related to the determined beamforming configuration, wherein the training data unit is transmitted with a beamforming configuration derived from the determined resource unit allocation and the determined beamforming configuration.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of transmitting data with a shorter waiting time. There is provided a communication device including a control unit that sets information regarding a priority of transmission on a plurality of links for each of access categories of data in a case where data is transmitted using a plurality of links corresponding to a predetermined frequency band. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device constituting a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: [Problem] It becomes possible to realize more efficient communication in a wireless local area network (LAN) system. [Solution] There is provided a wireless communication device that functions as an access point of a wireless LAN, including: a generation unit that generates a wireless signal in which allocation information for allocating a plurality of stations to one resource unit is stored; and a transmission unit that transmits the wireless signal to the stations.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a wireless communication device that functions as a base station, and one or more wireless communication terminals that communicate with the wireless communication device as slave units, a controller in the wireless communication device sets propriety information indicating whether or not reception of a packet transmitted from the wireless communication terminals is possible during a downlink transmission period when the wireless communication device transmits a packet, and a communication section in the wireless communication device transmits the packet including the propriety information.

Abstract: The technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method for enabling a wireless terminal station to easily select an appropriate connection destination from among a plurality of wireless base stations. A first wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section configured to transmit to a wireless terminal station a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations communicating with each other, the first wireless communication apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of wireless base stations.