Patent ID: 8285274
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile phone, comprising: a communication unit configured for receiving wireless signals from a base station and transmitting wireless signals processed by the mobile phone to the base station, the received wireless signals comprising a suspension of communication time; a decoding unit configured for decoding the received wireless signals when the mobile phone is communicating with another mobile phone; a processor configured for determining whether a number of times the decoding unit fails to successfully decode the received wireless signals is more than a predetermined number in a first predetermined time, and further determining that the mobile phone enters a network coverage dead zone when the number of times the decoding unit fails to decode the received wireless signals correctly is more than the predetermined number; an identification unit configured for obtaining a length of the dead zone and sensing a speed of travel of the mobile phone; and a computing unit configured for calculating a time according to the length of the dead zone and the speed of travel of the mobile phone, and calculating a difference between the time and the suspension of communication time; wherein the processor is further configured for determining whether the difference exceeds a second predetermined time, and setting the time as a new suspension of communication time of the mobile phone when the difference does not exceed the second predetermined time.