Patent ID: 11901959
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A base station that performs communication with a terminal by an optical wireless communication and an RF wireless communication, the base station comprising:
an optical transmitter that repeatedly transmits a frame to the terminal by the optical wireless communication, the frame including authentication information for permitting a communication using the RF wireless communication;
a base station RF transmitter and receiver that receives the authentication information transmitted by the RF wireless communication from the terminal, and transmits and receives communication data between the terminal and a network to and from the terminal by the RF wireless communication; and
an authentication information control circuit that authenticates the terminal that has transmitted the authentication information and permits a communication between the authenticated terminal and the network,
wherein the RF wireless communication has a plurality of communication protocols.