19014810. COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

TETSUYA Yamamoto of Kanagawa JP

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19014810 titled 'COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Original Abstract Submitted

A communication apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect at least one different communication apparatus capable of serving as a synchronization source and capable of performing sidelink communication, an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information from each of the at least one different communication apparatus detected by the detection unit, and a first setting unit configured to, in a case where a predetermined operation setting regarding a synchronization priority order has been made and the first setting unit determines that there is a different communication apparatus from which information indicating that the different communication apparatus is a predetermined type of communication apparatus that is to serve as the synchronization source has been acquired, among the at least one different communication apparatus, based on the predetermined information acquired by the acquisition unit, set the different communication apparatus from which the information has been acquired as a time synchronization source.