Patent ID: 8190159
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal which is configured to perform a hard handover process to switch a base station to which the mobile terminal is connected from among a plurality of base stations and to perform wireless communication with the base station to which the mobile terminal is connected, the mobile terminal comprising: a handover processing section configured to perform the hard handover process; a terminal-side counting section configured to perform a counting process for counting time until a session established for wireless communication with the base station is timed out; a terminal-side counting process controlling section configured to control the progress of the counting process by the terminal-side counting section; a terminal-side application processing section configured to perform a predetermined application process for the mobile terminal; and a terminal-side application process controlling section configured to control the progress of the application process by the terminal-side application processing section, wherein the handover processing section includes: wherein the terminal-side counting process controlling section controls the progress of the counting process by the terminal-side counting section such that the timeout does not occur during a period from receiving the handover start signal transmitted from the start signal transmitting section to receiving the handover end signal transmitted from the end signal transmitting section, and wherein the terminal-side application process controlling section interrupts the application process by the terminal-side application processing section during the period from receiving the handover start signal transmitted from the start signal transmitting section to receiving the handover end signal transmitted from the end signal transmitting section.