Patent ID: 7263389

Claim:
A wireless communication method in which a receiving terminal receives broadcast control channel information having a plurality of blocks, the broadcast control channel information being transmitted by rotation of a beam transmitted from a directional antenna of a base station, the wireless communication method comprising the steps of: receiving the broadcast control channel information in the case where the directional antenna has transmitted the broadcast control channel information based on a condition necessary for receiving all the blocks of the broadcast control channel information; calculating reception-not-ready timing based on a reception period and timing when the receiving terminal receives a block of the broadcast control channel information during the reception period, the reception-not-ready timing indicating timing when the receiving terminal cannot receive a block of the broadcast control channel information, the reception period indicating an interval between the time points when the receiving terminal receives the broadcast control channel information; and controlling the receiving terminal not to perform an operation for receiving the broadcast control channel information during the reception-not-ready timing, wherein in the controlling a power supply unit is controlled not to supply power to a receiving unit of the receiving terminal during the reception-not-ready timing.