US 12,408,012 B2
Wireless communication device, communication control method, and computer program
Hiroki Takeda, Tokyo (JP); and Shingo Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,311.
Application 17/586,311 is a continuation of application No. 16/496,779, granted, now 11,272,418, previously published as PCT/JP2018/008763, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-090697 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2017; application No. 2017-091775 (JP), filed on May 2, 2017; and application No. 2017-091776 (JP), filed on May 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150790 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/40 (2018.02) [H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/324 (2023.05); H04W 36/328 (2023.05); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 36/083 (2023.05); H04W 36/249 (2023.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication device installed in a flying vehicle, the wireless communication device comprising:
a wireless communication part configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from a wireless base station; and
a communication controller configured to change a communication party selecting method by changing a handover parameter for controlling handover between a plurality of wireless base stations serving as communication party candidates, in accordance with an altitude of the wireless communication device,
wherein the communication controller is configured to change the handover parameter in accordance with the altitude, in response to a successful authentication performed by the wireless base station connected to the wireless communication device and having an authentication function that authenticates the wireless communication device.