Patent ID: 7444153
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus controller comprising: a connection section that directly connects with at least one communication apparatus which realizes indirect communications between at least one terminal and a base station; an information acquisition section that acquires, from the at least one communication apparatus via the connection section, information concerning a plurality of base stations to which the communication apparatus is communicating or can communicate; a determination section that determines whether the at least one communication apparatus should execute handoff and a base station to which the at least one communication apparatus should execute the handoff based on the information concerning the plurality of base stations to which the communication apparatus is communicating or can communicate acquired by the information acquisition section; and an instruction section that instructs the communication apparatus which should execute the handoff via the connection section to execute the handoff to the base station determined by the determination section, wherein the communication apparatus controller is coupled with the at least one communication apparatus such that the controller operates independently of the plurality of base stations.