Terminal and communication method
View Patent ↗A terminal ( 1050 ) includes a light receiver ( 151 ) that receives a light signal emitted by an apparatus ( 1000 ), the light signal including an identifier (SSID) of at least one base station ( 470 ); a receiver ( 153 ) that performs a reception process on the received light signal to output reception data; a data analyzer ( 155 ) that selects one base station based on the identifier of the at least one base station that is included in the reception data; and a radio device ( 453 ) that establishes a wireless connection with the selected base station ( 470 ) by using the identifier of the base station ( 470 ) and wirelessly communicates with the base station ( 470 ).
1. A terminal comprising:
a light receiver that receives a light signal emitted by a transmitter, the light signal including an identifier of at least one base station;
a data analyzing circuit that selects one base station based on the identifier of the at least one base station that is included in the received light signal; and
a radio device that establishes a wireless connection with the selected base station by using the identifier of the at least one base station and wirelessly communicates with the selected base station,
wherein the selected base station is associated with a class among classes of services, as a rank of the class increases, a maximum transmission speed of a wireless communication scheme supported by the selected base station associated with the class increases; and
wherein in a case where the light receiver receives, from the transmitter existing in an area of a first class, the light signal including a first identifier of a first base station associated with the first class and a second identifier of a second base station associated with a second class, the radio device establishes the wireless connection with the selected base station by using one of the first identifier or the second identifier included in the light signal, the second class being lower than the first class.
2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case where the light receiver receives, from the transmitter existing the area of the first class, the light signal including the first identifier of the first base station associated with the first class, the radio device establishes the wireless connection with the first base station by using the first identifier, and first wireless communication schemes supported by the first base station includes a second wireless communication scheme supported by the second base station.
3. The terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display circuit that displays the first identifier and the second identifier that are included in the light signal.
4. The terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display circuit that displays wireless communication schemes supported by the first base station and the second base station.
5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
as the rank of the class associated with the base station that is wirelessly connected to the terminal increases, a range of a network accessible to the terminal becomes larger.
6. The terminal according to claim 5 ,
wherein the transmitter and the base station are installed in an aircraft,
wherein when the terminal is wirelessly connected to the first base station associated with the first class, the terminal is capable of accessing a network within the aircraft and a network outside the aircraft, and
wherein when the terminal is wirelessly connected to the second base station associated with the second class, the terminal is capable of accessing the network within the aircraft and is incapable of accessing the outside network.
7. A communication method comprising:
receiving a light signal emitted by a transmitter, the light signal including an identifier of at least one base station;
selecting one base station based on the identifier of the at least one base station that is included in the received light signal; and
establishing a wireless connection with the selected base station by using the identifier of the at least one base station and wirelessly communicating with the selected base station
wherein the selected base station is associated with a class among classes of services, as a rank of the class increases, a maximum transmission speed of a wireless communication scheme supported by the selected base station associated with the class increases; and
wherein in a case where the light signal is receives, from the transmitter existing in an area of a first class, the light signal includes a first identifier of a first base station associated with the first class and a second identifier of a second base station associated with a second class, the wireless connection is established with the selected base station by using one of the first identifier or the second identifier included in the light signal, the second class being lower than the first class.