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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Junichi Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Naganori Shirakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication terminal includes visible-light reception circuitry, handover control circuitry and millimeter-wave communication circuitry. The visible-light reception circuitry, which in operation, receives visible-light data from a first communication apparatus. The handover control circuitry, which in operation, sets the first communication apparatus as a handover destination in accordance with the visible-light data. The millimeter-wave communication circuitry, which in operation, performs communication using a millimeter-wave band frequency with the first communication apparatus.