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COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND PROCESSOR

  • US 20160112937A1
  • Filed: 05/08/2014
  • Published: 04/21/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication control method for allowing a cellular communication system to cooperate with a wireless LAN system, the communication control method comprising:

  • a detecting step of detecting, by a user terminal, that the user terminal is present near a small-cell base station;

    a recognizing step of recognizing, by the user terminal, that the small-cell base station is of a collocated type where the small-cell base station is disposed at a same location as a wireless LAN access point; and

    a scanning starting step of starting, by the user terminal, scanning for discovery of the wireless LAN access point, when the user terminal has recognized that the small-cell base station is of the collocated type and has not discovered the wireless LAN access point.

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