Abstract: One of a plurality of radio terminals that transmit radio signals to a radio base station under a space multiplexing scheme, including a receiving unit 42 that receives an access right request signal with respect to the radio base station from an other radio terminal, a prevention unit 43 that prevents transmission of radio signals when receiving radio signals directed to an other radio terminal, a cancellation unit 43 that cancels the prevention of transmission when receiving an access right assignment signal during the prevention of transmission and a transmitting unit 41 that transmits a data signal to the radio base station according to the assignment signal, wherein radio signals are transmitted to the radio base station simultaneously with the other radio terminals and under the space multiplexing scheme.

Abstract: In a wireless system of one embodiment, a first wireless device includes: a first transmitter which transmits an end-of-transmission notification; and a first receiver which receives a change request signal sent from a second wireless device receiving the end-of-transmission notification. The second wireless device includes: a second receiver which receives the end-of-transmission notification; and a second transmitter which transmits a change request signal when the end-of-transmission notification is received. The first transmitter transmits a signal at a longer interval after the first receiver receives the change request signal, and the second transmitter transmits a signal at a shorter interval after the second transmitter transmits the change request signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device includes a first wireless device configured to transmit a signal and a second wireless device configured to transmit a positive acknowledge when reception of the signal is successful. In the first wireless device, a first controller controls a first transmission module to change a first frequency channel based on a change order stored in a first storage when the positive acknowledge is not received even after the time measured by a first timer exceeds a first period. In the second wireless device, a second controller controls a second reception module to change the first frequency channel based on the change order stored in a second storage when the positive acknowledge is not transmitted even after the time measured by a second timer exceeds the first period.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a communication device includes: a receiver which receives a frame including data, a first error detection code for detecting an error of the data, a sequence number of the data, and a second error detection code for detecting an error of the sequence number; a first detector which detects the error of the data using the first error detection code; a second detector which detects the error of the sequence number using the second error detection code; a generator which generates an acknowledgement frame having maximum sequence number information regarding a maximum sequence number in a frame for which the error of the sequence number is not detected, and acknowledgement information representing whether there is an error for data in each frame of which the sequence number being equal to or less than the maximum sequence number; and a transmitter which transmits the acknowledgement frame.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a communication apparatus includes: a measurement module which measures reception power of each field; a determination module which determines whether the reception power is within a range; a calculator which calculates a gain using the reception power if the reception power is not within the range; an adjuster which adjusts a field according to one of an initial gain and the calculated gain; a selector which selects a field length according to the number of field adjustments by the adjuster; and a transmitter which transmits information regarding the field length. When the number of the adjustments is lower than a first threshold value, the selector selects a first value, and when the number of the adjustments is equal to or higher than the first threshold value, the selector selects a second value that is higher than the first value, as the field length.

Abstract: A wireless apparatus includes: a first wireless unit, a second wireless unit, a controller, and a processing unit. The first wireless unit performs wireless communications in a first communication mode for performing the communications within a first communication coverage area. The second wireless unit performs wireless communications in a second communication mode for performing the communications within a second communication coverage area which is smaller than the first communication coverage area. The controller starts the second wireless unit on the basis of a received power of the start notification signal. The start notification signal is received by the first wireless unit. The processing unit manages or holds data transmitted and received by the first wireless unit and the second wireless unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a wireless communication method, including: a start step of performing a connection process with a second wireless device; a communication step of performing communication for a predetermined term in a first mode; a determination step of determining, in accordance with a communication status, whether to change a communication mode from the first mode to a second mode in which communication at a higher speed than the first mode is performed, change an operating frequency channel for communication to another frequency channel than the first frequency channel, or continue the first mode; and a transmission step of transmitting a mode change signal when the determination is made to change the communication mode, and transmitting a channel change signal when the determination is made to change the operating frequency channel.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus which communicate with each other. The first wireless communication apparatus simultaneously transmitting frames to the second wireless communication apparatus through first to nth (n is an integer of 2 or greater) frequency channels, the second wireless communication apparatus receives the frames from the first wireless communication apparatus through the first to nth frequency channels, judges success or failure of reception of each of the frames by performing error detection, creates delivery confirmation frame including information indicating success or failure of reception of each of the frames, and transmits the delivery confirmation frame through x specific channel (x is an integer in a range from 1 or more to n?1 or fewer) of the first to nth frequency channels to the first wireless communication apparatus a predetermined time after reception of the frames.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: an analyzing unit for analyzing an MAC header of a received frame; a storage unit for storing a source address when analyzed that the received frame is a suspension signal for suspending an occupancy of a radio channel; a determination unit for determining whether or not the source address of the received frame is stored in the storage unit when analyzed that a destination address of the received frame is for other device; and a power controlling unit for suspending a power supply to the demodulation unit and the analyzing unit for a remaining time of a period for occupying the radio channel which is described on the MAC header when determined that the source address is not stored.

Abstract: In a radio communication system that simultaneously uses plural radio channels, a radio communication apparatus can quickly secure plural radio channels simultaneously used for radio communication while preventing collision with a radio signal transmitted by another radio communication apparatus so away from the radio communication apparatus that the radio communication apparatus cannot detect radio waves.

Abstract: A radio communication device C1 of the present invention includes a conversion unit 20 configured to convert a first electric wave received by an antenna 10 into a first frame, a determination unit 21 configured to determine whether or not the destination of the first frame is the other radio communication device, an estimation unit 22 configured to estimate the first direction from which the first electric wave has arrived, if it is determined that the destination of the first frame is the other radio communication device, a first prevent unit 30 configured to prevent the transmission of electric wave in the first direction, a prediction unit 40 configured to predict the second direction from which a second electric wave arrives if a second frame is transmitted from a second radio communication device of destination of the first frame to a first radio communication device of source of the first frame over the second electric wave, and a second prevent unit 30 configured to prevent the transmission of electri

Abstract: In a radio communication system that simultaneously uses plural radio channels (STA1), a radio communication apparatus (11-15; 20-25) can quickly secure plural radio channels simultaneously used for radio communication while preventing collision with a radio signal transmitted by another radio communication apparatus so away from the radio communication apparatus that the radio communication apparatus cannot detect radio waves.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus which communicate with each other. The first wireless communication apparatus simultaneously transmits frames to the second wireless communication apparatus through first to nth (n is an integer of 2 or greater) frequency channels, the second wireless communication apparatus receives the frames from the first wireless communication apparatus through the first to nth frequency channels, judges success or failure of reception of each of the frames by performing error detection, creates delivery confirmation frame including information indicating success or failure of reception of each of the frames, and transmits the delivery confirmation frame through x specific channel (x is an integer in a range from 1 or more to n?1 or fewer) of the first to nth frequency channels to the first wireless communication apparatus a predetermined time after reception of the frames.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits signals to a receiver at a transmission interval. One of the signals is an association request signal. The transmitter includes a transmitting unit. The transmitting unit transmits the signals except the association request signal at the transmission interval of a first time interval, and transmits the association request signal at the transmission interval of a second time interval. The first time interval is different from the second time interval. The receiver includes an antenna, a receiving unit and a wake-up determining unit. The antenna receives the signals. The receiving unit performs receiving processing for the signals. The wake-up determining unit determines whether or not the signal is the association request signal based on the transmission interval. The wake-up determining unit activates the receiving unit if the signal is the association request signal.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus has a transmission unit that transmits a transmit signal in a condition where either acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement is set therein, a reception unit that receives a response signal in response to the transmission signal, a counter that counts the number of times the reception unit has not received the negative acknowledgment signal in response to the transmission signal in which the negative acknowledgement is set, and a control unit that causes the transmission unit to set the negative acknowledgement if a count value of the counter is less than a predetermined value and, if the count value is equal to or larger than the predetermined value, causes the transmission unit to set the acknowledgement.

Abstract: The present application discloses, inter alia, a system for improving the aggregate throughput of a wireless local area network which includes: at least one access point that is equipped with at least one transceiver configured to simultaneously transmit and receive at multiple frequencies using multiple channels; and the access point being configured to acquire channel conditions of users and to pool sets of users on the channels based on the channel conditions.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver, and determines a modulation and error correction coding scheme used by the transmitter. The apparatus estimates a degree of channel variation, transmits, by the transmitter, a first frame for requesting response information necessary to select the modulation and error correction coding scheme, measures a response time between a instant when the transmitter transmits the first frame and a instant when the receiver receives a second frame including the response information, determines a threshold value of the response time for determining reliability of the response information, based on the degree of channel variation, and determines the modulation and error correction coding scheme selected based on the response information included in the second frame received by the receiver in the response time shorter than the threshold value.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver, and determines a modulation and error correction coding scheme used by the transmitter. The apparatus estimates a degree of channel variation, transmits, by the transmitter, a first frame for requesting response information necessary to select the modulation and error correction coding scheme, measures a response time between a instant when the transmitter transmits the first frame and an instant when the receiver receives a second frame including the response information, determines a threshold value of the response time for determining reliability of the response information, based on the degree of channel variation, and determines the modulation and error correction coding scheme selected based on the response information included in the second frame received by the receiver in the response time shorter than the threshold value.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a memory to store reference data including transmission rates usable for transmission of an aggregated frame including frames and reference frame lengths of the aggregated frame corresponding to the transmission rates, respectively, a throughput obtained with one of the transmission rates and a reference frame length of the reference frame lengths which corresponds to the one of the transmission rates is higher than any throughputs obtained with any frame length at another transmission rate lower than the one of the transmission rates, selects a trial transmission rate and corresponding reference frame length as a trial frame length, sets the trial transmission rate and the trial frame length, with which communication is determined to be possible by transmitting a trial aggregated frame, to initial/maximum values of a transmission rate for transmitting the aggregated frame and a frame length of the aggregated frame, respectively.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and method is disclosed for, among other things, reducing interference in a first wireless network from a second wireless network. In some embodiments, the method includes that an Interfered AP, which Interfered AP either itself receives interference or has a station in the Interfered AP's network that receives interference from an Interfering AP or from a station within the Interfering AP's network, selects how to reduce interference from a plurality of interference reduction methods—e.g., including transmit power control (TPC), channel switching (CS) and/or the like.