Patent ID: 8094636

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: a base station providing communication by at least one communication method other than wireless LAN; and a mobile node for communicating with the base station by the at least one communication method, wherein the mobile node is configured to: obtain a first distance between the base station and a wireless LAN access point that is calculated by the base station based on a location of the wireless LAN access point and a location of the base station; calculate a minimum value and a maximum value of a second distance between a wireless LAN access point and the mobile node based on the first distance and a third distance between the base station and the mobile node, the third distance being calculated based on one of a received signal strength indicator and a delay time of a signal that is transmitted from the base station; calculate a probability that the mobile node is within a communication area of the wireless LAN access point based on a fourth distance within which communication by a wireless LAN is available and the calculated minimum and maximum values of the second distance when the fourth distance is between the calculated minimum and maximum values of the second distance; judge whether communication by the wireless LAN is possible based on the calculated probability; and activate a communication by the by the wireless LAN upon judging that communication by the wireless LAN is available.