Sony Group Corporation
COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

Abstract:

[Object] To enable a communication device which has received a response frame to identify, a BSS to which a transmitting device of the response frame belongs while ensuring backward compatibility. [Solution] Provided is a communication device that transmits a response frame, including: a generating unit configured to generate the response frame in which information used for identification of a BSS to which the communication device belongs or information used for identification of an own device is included in or after a padding bit specified in IEEE 802.11; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the response frame.