Patent ID: 7684832

Claim:
A method, comprising: connecting a mobile radio of a UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) to a network, the mobile radio comprising an HF high-frequency) receiver, the connecting including: receiving signals from base stations on plural physical channels of the UMTS, which signals are particularly used for initial synchronization, neighbor cell measurement and paging reception and occur in certain frames of the UMTS, wherein signals lying in one or more RF (radio-frequency) receive windows are received by the mobile radio; storing in the mobile radio the received signals of the one or more RF receive windows; switching off the HF receiver after storing the received signals; and evaluating the stored signals in the mobile radio while the HF receiver is switched off, during which time no HF signals are received by the mobile radio; and based on said evaluation, turning on the HF receiver and establishing a connection to the network.