Patent ID: 8270368

Claim:
A radio communication terminal comprising: plural radio communication interface units, each of the plural radio communication interface units being configured to connect to one or plural base stations, a beacon information storing unit configured to store information which is included in a beacon signal, the beacon signal being periodically sent from at least one of the base stations and being received by at least one of the plural radio communication interface units, a beacon information retrieving unit configured to retrieve the information included in the beacon signal from the beacon information storing unit, the beacon signal being received by the at least one of the plural radio communication interface units which corresponds to a predetermined trigger, according to the receiving of the predetermined trigger, a communication control unit configured to control the starting of communication on the at least one of the plural radio communication interface units by using the information included in the beacon signal which is retrieved by the beacon information retrieving unit, a stability information storing unit configured to store information about a bit error rate of communication with the one or plural base stations which each of the plural radio communication interface units is configured to connect to, and a message sending unit configured to send a message requesting to improve directional characteristics of communication to one of the base stations having a bit error rate which is below a predetermined threshold level, referring to the information about the bit error rate stored in the stability information storing unit.