Patent ID: 8477014
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio communication apparatus capable of communicating with a base station of radio communication and moved with movement of a movable body, comprising: a storage unit having recorded therein position information of unknown base stations whose base station identification information attached to the base station is unknown; a notification unit that notifies the movable body or an operation subject of the movable body of the position information of the unknown base stations recorded in the storage unit; a communication unit that receives a radio signal containing the base station identification information from the base stations including the unknown base stations, wherein the radio signal further includes base station attached information attached to the base station that is the source of the radio signal; and a recording unit that records the base station identification information contained in the radio signal received by the communication unit in the storage unit, wherein the recording unit associates the base station attached information with the base station identification information and records the base station identification information and the base station attached information in the storage unit.