Patent ID: 7899108
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A receiving apparatus comprising: a receiver which receives a communication signal, transmitted from a base station by a predetermined communication method, which includes a pilot channel signal and a sync channel signal in which predetermined data strings continue periodically, a synchronizer which acquires synchronization information for communicating with the base station from the pilot channel signal included in the communication signal and, based on the acquired synchronization information, obtains synchronization with the communication signal, a data acquirer which demodulates the sync channel signal from the communication signal with which the synchronization has been obtained and, by decoding the demodulated sync channel signal, acquires data of the sync channel signal, an inference unit which, by comparing the acquired data with data, including the data string, which are acquired before the acquired data and held, infers a location in the data string of the acquired data, a calculator which, from the inferred location in the data string, calculates a time period required until receiving a head of a next data string, and a controller which, based on the calculated time period, controls a halt of an operation relating to the reception of the communication signal.