Communication terminal and communication method

A communication method implemented in a communication terminal having a first communication means for performing a communication by a first communication system and a second communication means for performing a communication by a second communication system, the communication method comprising:

• a judgment step of judging, at the communication terminal, whether or not the communication using the first communication means can be performed based on a preset value;
• and
• a control step of controlling, at the communication terminal, the second communication means so that an active state of the second communication means is stopped when the judgment step initially judges that the communication using the first communication means can be performed due to a radio field intensity of the first communication means being equal to or above the preset value, and the active state of the second communication means is turned on or continued when the judgment step judges that the communication using the first communication means cannot be performed due to the radio field intensity of the first communication means being below the preset value,
• wherein, when initially judging that the communication using the first communication means can be performed due to the radio field intensity of the first communication means being equal to or above the preset value, determining if the radio field intensity of the first communication means is in an increase trend or a decrease trend, and when determining that the radio field intensity is in a decrease trend, predicting whether or not the radio field intensity will be equal to or smaller than a predetermined value at a later point in time, and when predicting that the radio field intensity will be equal to or smaller than the predetermined value at the later point in time, performing communication connection processing for searching for an access point to which the second communication means belongs without the communication terminal switching from performing communication by the first communication means to the second communication means.

A communication terminal, comprising:

• a first communication unit configured to perform a communication by a first communication system;
• a second communication unit configured to perform a communication by a second communication system;
• a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not the communication using the first communication unit can be performed based on a preset value;
• and
• a control unit configured to control the second communication unit so that an active state of the second communication unit is stopped when the judgment unit initially judges that the communication using the first communication unit can be performed due to a radio field intensity of the first communication means being equal to or above the preset value, and the active state of the second communication unit is turned on or continued when the judgment unit initially judges that the communication using the first communication unit cannot be performed due to the radio field intensity of the first communication means being below the preset value,
• wherein, the judgment unit, when initially judging that the communication using the first communication unit can be performed due to the radio field intensity of the first communication unit being equal to or above the preset value, further determines if the radio field intensity of the first communication unit is in an increase trend or a decrease trend, and when the judgment unit determines that the radio field intensity is in a decrease trend the judgment unit predicts whether or not the radio field intensity will be equal to or smaller than a predetermined value at a later point in time, and when the judgment unit predicts that the radio field intensity will be equal to or smaller than the predetermined value at the later point in time, the control unit performs communication connection processing for searching for an access point to which the second communication unit belongs without the communication terminal switching from performing communication by the first communication unit to the second communication unit.