ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,176, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Eigoro Ina (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus of a wireless LAN complying with the IEEE802.11 standard series determines, by executing CCA, whether a signal can be transmitted in a frequency channel to be used, transmits RTS in response to determination that the signal can be transmitted in the frequency channel, transmits data to a partner apparatus in a case where CTS is received from the partner apparatus in response t...