公开(公告)号：US20170346574A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15537675

申请日：2015-11-06

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： MASANORI SATO ,  KENTARO NAKAHARA

IPC: H04B13/00 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04B13/005 ,  H04B13/00 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04L5/0062

Abstract: [Object] To provide a device capable of implementing an extended association procedure that enables compatibility with the existing association procedures. [Solution] Provided is a device including: a determination unit configured to determine whether transmission timing of a first frame received from a communication terminal is a first timing in an intra-body communication system; and a timing decision unit configured to decide timing to transmit a second frame to the communication terminal on the basis of a determination result by the determination unit.