Patent ID: 7477898
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first communication section that communicates with base stations of a first communication system capable of hand-off; a second communication section that intermittently communicates with a base station of a second communication system; a switching section that selects either one of the first communication section or the second communication section to be operated; a measurement section that measures strength of signals received from base stations with the first communication section; a decision section that decides a candidate base station capable of hand-off based on the measured signal strength; and a reporting section that reports, by way of the first communication section, the decided candidate base station capable of hand-off to the base station in communication, wherein the reporting section cancels to report the decided candidate base station capable of hand-off based on a time difference between a timing of the intermittent communication of the control signal and a timing of the report of the candidate base station capable of hand-off.