Patent ID: 7848776
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A dual mode communication method, comprising: detecting a remaining battery level that is below a first threshold of a dual mode communication equipment communicating over a first communication system; determining whether the dual mode communication equipment is able to communicate using a second communication system, which can be operated with lower power consumption than the first communication system; and switching from a connection between the dual mode communication equipment and the first communication system to a connection between the dual mode communication equipment and the second communication system according to measurement information transmitted by the dual mode communication equipment, when determined that communication can be established using the second communication system, the measurement information indicating that a signal level for the second communication system is higher than a signal level for the first communication system even if an actual signal level for the second communication system is lower than an actual signal level for the first communication system.