Patent ID: 8014739

Claim:
A radio terminal, comprising: a first gain control part configured to have a first gain switchable between a first level and a second level; a second gain control part configured to continuously control a second gain; and a control part configured to control operations of the first gain control part and the second gain control part, wherein a first range of a combined gain of the first gain and the second gain, the first range being obtained with a gain control by the second gain control part with the first gain control part having the first gain set at the first level, and a second range of the combined gain, the second range being obtained with the gain control by the second gain control part with the first gain control part having the first gain set at the second level, have at least an overlap, and the control part is configured to switch the first gain from one of the first level and the second level to another one of the first level and the second level in response to the combined gain being within the overlap and a change required for the combined gain exceeding a predetermined value, or in response to the combined gain being within the overlap and the radio terminal being in a period of no transmission or reception in a situation of intermittent transmission or reception.