Abstract: There is provided a base station having a resource assigning unit for assigning QoS resources in response to a QoS setting request and a resource securing unit for securing, when a wireless communication terminal that is communicating with a base station by setting a QoS specifies the own base station as a handoff candidate base station, QoS resources by correlating to the wireless communication terminal. The resource assigning unit assigns, in the case where there are no QoS resources available when assigning QoS resources in response to the QoS setting request, the QoS resources that have been secured by the resource securing unit by correlating to the wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication terminal that has transmitted the QoS setting request.

Abstract: A communication method includes receiving broadcasting of a content intermittently by first communication system, and monitoring second communication system periodically by performing switching from the first communication system. In the first communication system, content is transmitted by being divided into packets, and transmission timings of the packets are shifted. Furthermore, timing for transmission of page message from 1x base station to each terminal is limited to a specific period during one slot cycle. EV-DO base station transmits BCMCS data during a period that does not overlap the specific period. When the page message reception timing is reached while the apparatus is receiving BCMCS data, the system is switched from EV-DO to 1x, and the reception of messages is started during the period. Thereafter, the communication system is returned to lx, and the reception of BCMCS data is resumed.