Patent ID: 9119024
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication terminal, comprising: a beacon receiver configured to, in operation, receive a first beacon signal transmitted from a communication party device by a proximity wireless communication, the first beacon signal including information related to a communicable area of the proximity wireless communication; a communicable area deciding section configured to, in operation decide a position of the wireless communication terminal by using the first beacon signal; and a connection controller configured to, in operation use a decided result of the communicable area deciding section, and does not connect the wireless communication terminal to the communication party device using the proximity wireless communication when the beacon receiver receives the first beacon signal and the communicable area deciding section decides that the position of the wireless communication terminal is located outside the communicable area of the proximity wireless communication, and connects the wireless communication terminal to the communication party device using the proximity wireless communication when the beacon receiver receives the first beacon signal and the communicable area deciding section decides that the position of the wireless communication terminal is located inside the communicable area of the proximity wireless communication; wherein the beacon receiver configured to, in operation, further receive a second beacon signal transmitted from the communication party device by a short range wireless communication having a communicable area of the short range wireless communication which is wider than the communicable area of the proximity wireless communication, the communicable area deciding section configured to, in operation, decide the position of the wireless communication terminal by further using the second beacon signal, the connection controller configured to, in operation, connect the wireless communication terminal to the communication party device by using the short range wireless communication when the position of the wireless communication terminal is located inside the communicable area of the short range wireless communication and outside the communicable area of the proximity wireless communication in accordance with a decided result of the communicable area deciding section, the second beacon signal includes identifying information for the short range wireless communication, the first beacon signal includes identifying information for the proximity wireless communication, and the first beacon signal has a smaller transmission power and a shorter transmission cycle than those of the second beacon signal.