Patent ID: 8359061

Claim:
A wireless communication system that includes a wireless terminal and a plurality of base stations, in which the plurality of base stations can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication path that is different from a wireless communication channel used to communicate with the wireless terminal, wherein the wireless terminal includes a request signal transmission unit operable to transmit, to one base station among the plurality of base stations, a request signal for requesting a response signal from one or more other base stations among the plurality of base stations, and a response signal reception unit operable to receive the response signal transmitted from the one or more other base stations on a predetermined channel, the one base station includes a request signal reception unit operable to receive the request signal from the wireless terminal, and a request signal transfer unit operable to transfer the request signal received by the request signal reception unit to the one or more other base stations via the predetermined communication path, and the one or more other base stations include a response signal transmission unit operable to transmit the response signal to the wireless terminal on the predetermined channel upon receiving the request signal transmitted from the one base station, wherein the one base station is connected, via the predetermined communication path, to the plurality of base stations that include the one or more other base stations, the wireless terminal further includes a storage unit operable to store therein identification information for identifying each of the plurality of base stations, and a selection unit operable to select the one or more other base stations from among the plurality of base stations with reference to the identification information, wherein the request signal transmission unit transmits identification information pertaining to the one or more other base stations selected by the selection unit by including the information in the request signal, and the request signal transfer unit transfers the request signal to the one or more other base stations identified by the identification information included in the request signal.