Patent ID: 7634292
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal that communicates with one or more other mobile terminals via a base station, the mobile terminal comprising: a communications interface configured to enable the mobile terminal to bypass the base station and communicate with the other mobile terminal; a position detection unit configured to detect the current position of the mobile terminal; a radio wave reception level detection unit configured to detect a reception level of radio waves from the base station at the current position; a request transmitter unit configured to request current position information and a radio wave reception level of the other mobile terminal from the other mobile terminal via the communications interface; an information receiver unit configured to receive the current position information and the radio wave reception level of the other mobile terminal from the other mobile terminal via the communications interface; and an output unit configured to link the current position information and the radio wave reception level of the mobile terminal with the current position information and the radio wave reception level of the other mobile terminal that the information receiver unit has received, respectively, and output the linked information and levels.