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

摘要

A communication apparatus, comprising: first and second communication units; third communication unit for performing a communication of data, wherein the second communication unit performs a predetermined communication for activating the third communication unit and has a communication speed slower than and a power consumption less than the third communication unit, wherein the first communication unit has a communication range shorter than the third and second communication unit; reception unit for, if a communication with a communication partner apparatus is initiated by the first communication unit, receiving information relating to the communication partner apparatus by the first communication unit; and selection unit for, based on the received information, selecting whether to initiate data communication by the third or second communication unit.

主权项

1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
a first wireless communication unit; a second wireless communication unit; a third wireless communication unit configured to perform data communication, wherein the second wireless communication unit is operable to perform a communication for activating the third wireless communication unit and has a communication speed that is slower than that of the third wireless communication unit and a power consumption less than that of the third wireless communication unit, wherein the first wireless communication unit has a communication range that is less than that of the third wireless communication unit and that of the second wireless communication unit; a reception unit configured to, in a case where the first wireless communication unit initiates a communication with a communication partner apparatus, receive information relating to the communication partner apparatus from the first wireless communication unit; and a selection unit configured to, based on the information relating to the communication partner apparatus received by the reception unit, select one of initiating data communication by the third wireless communication unit or initiating communication by the second wireless communication unit.