Patent ID: 8811337
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio terminal communicates with a communication terminal through a first network or a second network, the radio terminal comprising: a receiver configured to receive packets at predetermined intervals through the first network or the second network; a buffer configured to temporarily store the packets received by the receiver; a transmitter configured to transmit a preparation request requesting a preparation of handover from the first network to the second network; and a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the packets stored in the buffer at a predetermined rate determined according to the predetermined intervals, wherein the reproducing unit decreases, before execution of the handover, the amount of the packets stored in the buffer by changing a packet reproducing rate to a rate higher than the predetermined rate in response to a transmission of the preparation request by the transmitter when the second network has a delay time shorter than a delay time in the first network.