Patent ID: 8085699
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication terminal which can communicate with a first base station, a second base station which is present within a service area of said first base station, and has a service area which is smaller than that of said first base station, and a wireless LAN access point, which is present within a service area of said second base station, said mobile communication terminal comprising: a determining section configured to receive a specific signal transmitted from said first or second base station and to determine whether or not there is a high possibility that said mobile communication terminal is connected to said wireless LAN access point, based on a reception result, regardless of whether said mobile communication terminal has detected said wireless LAN access point before; and a changing section configured to change a period to monitor arrival of a beacon signal transmitted from said wireless LAN access point based on the determination result of said determining section, wherein said mobile communication terminal comprises a GPS (Global Position System) positioning section, and said determining section determines whether or not there is the high possibility that said mobile communication terminal is connected to said wireless LAN access point, based on whether a number of GPS satellites captured by said GPS positioning section is equal to or less than a threshold.