COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

• Main Authors: Kurita, Masanori, Yoshiki, Kazuhisa, Hovang, Dan, Nishio, Akihiko, Zander, Johan, Fukushima, Minoru, Hoshiba, Keitaro, Harada, Kenji, Mozumi, Gon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.03.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; SELECTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication apparatus and a wireless communication system including the communication apparatus with which an amount of power consumed during communication can be reduced even when a data transmission speed is increased. A communication apparatus (1) includes a first communication unit (11), a second communication unit (12), and a control unit (13). The first communication unit (11) performs wireless communication with a gateway (2) using a first communication system. The second communication unit (12) performs wireless communication with the gateway (2) using a second communication system having a higher transmission speed than the first communication system. The control unit (13) is configured to activate the second communication unit (12) when the first communication unit (11) receives an activation request signal from the gateway (2), and to establish a link (32) between the second communication unit (12) and the gateway (2) when the first communication unit (11) receives a connection request signal from the gateway (2) after the second communication unit (12) is activated.