Patent ID: 9635709
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An electronic device configured to perform a communication with a communication system which includes a server configured to store identification data for identifying the electronic device, a first wide-area cellular base station conforming to a low-frequency band, a first communication device configured to perform a wireless communication with the first wide-area cellular base station, and a narrow-area cellular base station conforming to a high-frequency band, the electronic device comprising: a connecting portion configured to connect to the first communication device via a cable; a memory configured to store the identification data; and a controller configured to output the identification data stored in the memory to the first communication device via the connecting portion, wherein the controller is configured to: be set, when authentication processing using the output identification data is executed between the first communication device, the first wide-area cellular base station and the server and when authentication by the authentication processing succeeds, to a state of being able to perform a communication with the narrow-area cellular base station which receives a call instruction from the first wide-area cellular base station, maintain the state of being able to perform a communication even after the first communication device connected to the connecting portion via the cable is detached from the connecting portion, and perform a data communication with the first communication device which is no longer connected to the connecting portion via the cable, via the narrow-area cellular base station and the first wide-area cellular base station.