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Communication apparatus and communication method

US6546258B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2000
Grant dateApr 8, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W48/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication apparatus for communicating with one base station among a plurality of base stations is provided with a present position detecting device for detecting a present position of the communication apparatus and outputting present position information indicative of the detected present position. The communication apparatus is also provided with an identification information obtaining device for obtaining identification information of respective one of the base stations on the basis of the present position information outputted by the present position detecting device. The communication apparatus is further provided with a specifying device for specifying said one base station on the basis of the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining device.

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