Patent ID: 9078171
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: a first communication portion that connects to a first wide-area wireless communication network; a second communication portion that connects to a narrow-area wireless communication network; a processing portion that, during communication with the first wide-area wireless communication network via the first communication portion, upon detection of a communication area boundary vicinity of the first wide-area wireless communication network when communication is performed, performs processing so that the second communication portion performs communication after concluding an authentication process to the narrow-area wireless communication network through the first wide-area wireless communication network during communication; and a third communication portion that connects with a second wide-area wireless communication network different from the first wide-area wireless communication network that is connected via the first communication portion, wherein a first communication area of the narrow-area wireless communication network is at a boundary between a second communication area of the first wide-area wireless communication network and a third communication area of the second wide-area wireless communication network.