When at least one of the connection switch determination condition, the switch source candidate terminal condition, and the switch destination candidate device condition that are described above is not satisfied, the switch determiner 330 may cause the process to proceed to step S1110, which is described below.
In step S1080, the connection switcher 340 instructs the switch destination candidate device 300 to execute the masquerade SLS for the switch source candidate terminal 400. The instruction is performed by, for example, transmitting the switch source candidate terminal information to the switch destination candidate device 300.
The switch source candidate terminal information includes information on the SSW packet used in performing the SLS between the communication processor 310 and the switch source candidate terminal 400. For example, the information on the SSW packet includes at least one of the number of the sectors that the switch source candidate terminal 400 can use, a medium access control (MAC) address of the switch source candidate terminal 400, and a MAC address of the communication processor 310.
For example, the connection switcher 340 may transmit the switch source candidate terminal information by causing the switch source candidate terminal information to be included in an information element of a beacon packet that the communication processor 310 regularly transmits. For another example, the connection switcher 340 may transmit the switch source candidate terminal information by causing the switch source candidate terminal information to be included in a dedicated packet or a data packet.