Patent ID: 9407497
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication terminal for communicating with a destination terminal using a first communication path and a second communication path, the communication terminal comprising: data transfer circuitry, which, in operation, transfers data to be transferred to the destination terminal via the first communication path or the second communication path; first communication path connection detecting circuitry, which, in operation, detects a connection or disconnection of the first communication path with the destination terminal; throughput measurement circuitry, which, in operation, measures at least one of a throughput of the first communication path and a throughput of the second communication path; terminal controlling circuitry coupled to the data transfer circuitry, the first communication path connection detecting circuitry, and the throughput measurement circuitry, wherein the terminal controlling circuitry, in operation, judges whether or not to switch a communication path for data transfer on the basis of a result of a detection of the connection or disconnection of the first communication path by the first communication path connection detecting circuitry and at least one of the throughputs of the first communication path and the second communication path measured by the throughput measurement circuitry; and communication path switching circuitry coupled to the terminal controlling circuitry, wherein the communication path switching circuitry, in operation, switches the communication path for data transfer to the first communication path or the second communication path in a case that the terminal controlling circuitry judges to switch the communication path for data transfer.