In this manner, for example, the switch determiner 330 of the first radio communication device 300₁ outputs the switch determination information, which indicates that the third radio terminal 400₃ is determined as the switch source candidate terminal 400 and the second radio communication device 300₂ is determined as the switch destination candidate device 300.

[Operation of Device]

The operation of the radio communication device 300 is now described.

FIGS. 8A and 8B constitute a flow chart that illustrates an example of the operation of the radio communication device 300.

In step S1010, the communication processor 310 determines whether or not the communication processor 310 has received a connection request from the radio terminal 400. When the communication processor 310 has received the connection request (YES in step S1010), the communication processor 310 causes the process to proceed to step S1020. When the communication processor 310 has not received the connection request (NO in step S1010), the communication processor 310 causes the process to proceed to step S1040, which is described below.

In step S1020, the communication processor 310 permits the radio terminal 400 to connect to the communication processor 310 and establishes the connection with the radio terminal 400. After that, the communication processor 310 executes the above-described SLS (see FIGS. 4 and 5) with the radio terminal 400.