Patent ID: 8189550
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A radio communication device, comprising: a first communication unit connectable to a wide-area radio network through a base station that transmits position information of the base station; a second communication unit connected to a local-area radio network through a fixed station based on communication set information representing a communication setting associated with the local-area radio network; a recording unit that records communication set information and position information of a base station obtained at a position connectable to a local-area radio network associated with the communication set information; a communication determination unit that determines whether a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in a difficult state while the radio communication device operates in a communication mode in which the radio communication device is connected to the local-area radio network by the second communication unit; a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information from a base station that is configured to communicate through the first communication unit; a communication setting reading unit that reads out communication set information recorded in the recording unit associated with the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit; and a scanning unit that detects a connectable local-area radio network based on the communication set information read out by the communication setting reading unit when the communication determination unit determines that a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in the difficult state.