Patent ID: 8311540

Claim:
A wireless communication terminal comprising: a communication control section connected with a first base station, and configured to perform a handover control to switch from said first base station to a second base station in response to a connection request; a first detecting section configured to detect whether or not a reception signal level indicating a level of a received signal from a base station currently in connection as said first base station reduces to be equal to or lower than a first threshold level; a second detecting section configured to detect whether or not a communication situation of a communication application program currently in communication is a situation suitable for handover; a third detecting section configured to detect whether or not a predetermined handover forcedly performing condition is established; and a determining section configured to determine whether or not the handover control is necessary, based on detection results of said first to third detecting sections and outputting a connection request when the handover control is determined to be necessary, wherein when the communication application program is a software program which receives a content program distributed based on a predetermined broadcast program, said second detecting section detects whether or not the communication situation is suitable for the handover, based on the broadcast program.