MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617074897 A) filed by Ntt, Inc. on June 17, 2026, for Access Point And Terminal Device.

Inventors include Kishida, Akira; Asai, Yusuke; Nagano, Kotaro; Abeysekera, Hirantha; Otani, Hanae Number; Iwatani, Junichi; Yamada, Tomoyuki; and Takatori, Yasushi.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: A terminal device according to the embodiments includes a communication circuit and a processor. The communication circuit is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The processor is configured to establish a wireless link with an access point using the communication circuit and, during periods allocated to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication by a pair of terminal devices that have established a wireless link with the access point, to prohibit transmission of wireless signals for a first period of time when inside a communication area of one terminal device of the pair of terminal devices but to not prohibit transmission when outside the communication area of the one terminal device.

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