Patent ID: 8385922

Claim:
A mobile terminal used in a wireless communication system that includes a first wireless base station where a handover is not allowed between the same type of wireless base stations and a second wireless base station where a handover is allowed between the same type of wireless base stations, the mobile terminal comprising: a memory; and a processor that executes a procedure in the memory, the procedure including: a handover executing process which executes first handover processing that switches a communication destination of the mobile terminal from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station while communicating with the first wireless base station; and a disconnecting process which disconnects communication between the mobile terminal and the second wireless base station when first and second criteria are met based on the communication destination, the first criterion indicating that the mobile terminal is to reconnect with the same originating first wireless base station, and the second criterion indicating that the reconnect occurs within a specified amount of time.