Patent ID: 9094894
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first communicator configured to communicate via each of a plurality of base stations, each of the plurality of base stations covers a base station area; a second communicator configured to communicate via a wireless local area network (LAN) access point that covers a wireless LAN area that overlaps multiple base station areas, the wireless LAN area is smaller than the base station area; a storage configured to store overlapping information indicating that a first base station area overlaps a wireless LAN area; and a controller configured to make the second communicator find the wireless LAN access point based on the overlapping information and, when the wireless communication apparatus moves from the first base station area to a second base station area, add additional information to the overlapping information, the additional information indicating that the second base station area overlaps the wireless LAN area.