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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Kato, Fukuoka, JP;
Noriyuki Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Shingu, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wireless terminal that: for previous communications between the wireless terminal and base stations, stores as a communication history at least position information for the wireless terminal and information pertaining to each base station; acquires the position information for the wireless terminal and, on the basis of the position information for the wireless terminal and the stored communication history, derives from multiple base stations at least a connection subject base station to be used in data communication and a connection standby base station, which is the base station having the next highest connection priority after the connection subject base station; and performs data communication when a trial connection with the connection subject base station has succeeded, and switches the connection subject base station to be used in data communication to the connection standby base station when communication with the connection subject base station is interrupted.