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Abstract

A base station has a wireless communication unit for wirelessly communicating with a wireless terminal; means for connecting to and disconnecting from a wireless network; a storage unit for storing service area information defining a service area around the base station, the wireless terminal located inside the service area being allowed to connect to the network via the wireless communication unit of the base station; a measuring unit for measuring the location of a wireless terminal; first determining means for determining whether a wireless terminal is located in the service area around the base station on the basis of the location of the wireless terminal measured by the measuring unit; connecting means for connecting a wireless terminal to the network via the base station in a case that the wireless terminal is determined by the first determining means to be located in the service area around the base station; monitoring means for monitoring the location of the wireless terminal which is connected to the network by the connecting means; second determining means for determining whether the wireless terminal monitored by the monitoring means is located inside the service area; and means for disconnecting a connection from a wireless terminal to the network via the wireless communication unit of the base station in a case that the wireless terminal is determined by the second determining means to be located outside the service area.

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