Patent ID: 7542718
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication terminal comprising: selecting means for selecting a first base station with which to communicate; detecting means for detecting a radio wave reception level of the first base station selected by said selecting means; and selection controlling means which, if the detected radio wave reception level from said detecting means drops below a predetermined level during reception of predetermined data, then causes said selecting means preferentially to select a second base station which is already broadcasting said predetermined data to a plurality of wireless communication terminal within a cell of said second base station and which offers a radio wave reception level higher than said predetermined level, based on the radio wave reception level of each base station selected and on the ongoing broadcasting of said predetermined data therefrom; wherein said predetermined data is at least one of video streaming data and audio streaming data which is being multicast to the terminal from at least said first base station and said second base station.