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Abstract

This invention relates to a portable terminal equipment which receives intermittently a control channel transmitted from a cell station in a standby state. When the equipment shifts to the standby state, the equipment is brought into a receiving state to receive intermittently the control channel (PCH) for a set period of time W1 at every 1.2 seconds (ST22-ST25 and ST32). In addition, the equipment judges the receiving state from judging information of the receiving state such as the intensity of the electric field in receiving time and the presence/absence of an error in the received data (ST27 and ST33). In a power saving mode, when the equipment keeps on receiving the control channel in a good state for a set period of time while the equipment receives the control channel at every 1.2 seconds, the equipment is brought into a receiving state to receive the control channel at every 2.4 seconds (ST33-ST35). When the equipment does not receive the control channel in a good state while the equipment receives the control channel at every 2.4 seconds, the equipment shifts directly to the receiving state to receive the control channel at every 1.2 seconds (ST33 and ST32). In the standby state, when the equipment keeps on receiving the control channel in a good state, the interval between each reception of the control channel becomes longer and thus the power consumption of the equipment is saved.

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First Claim