Patent ID: 8112113

Claim:
A mobile terminal that performs wireless communication with one of a plurality of communication systems by using one of a plurality of communication methods, the one of the plurality of communication systems controlling the one of the plurality of communication methods, the mobile terminal comprising: a reception unit to receive, from at least one of the plurality of communication systems, an initial beacon containing information for establishing communication according to each of the plurality of communication methods, the plurality of communication systems each controlling a corresponding one of the plurality of communication methods; a request unit to use the information contained in the initial beacon to perform the communication with the at least one of the plurality of communication systems, to generate a provision request for information for determining a communication method and a frequency band, which are to be used in a time period by the mobile terminal, and to transmit the provision request to the at least one of the plurality of communication systems; and a determination unit to receive information provided by the at least one of the plurality of communication systems in response to the provision request and to determine the communication method and the frequency band, which are to be used in the time period by the mobile terminal, based on the information provided and received from the at least one of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the provided information contains, with regard to each communication method available for the mobile terminal, at least one of a measured value and a predicted value of each of usable frequency band information and operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) information for the time period.