Patent ID: 7532886

Claim:
A mobile radio communication apparatus for use in a mobile radio communication system which includes base stations, mobile radio communication apparatuses to be connected to the base stations over radio channels, and in which each of the base stations broadcasts a system ID number for identifying the base station, said apparatus comprising: first memory means for storing system ID numbers and priority data items, each item associated with each of the system ID numbers and representing priority assigned to each base station, so as to be used to seize one base station; first seizing means for receiving the broadcast system ID number in accordance with the priority data item stored in said first memory means, for seizing the base station having the system ID number received, and for setting the apparatus in an idle state; second memory means for storing the system ID number of the seized base station when a user operates the apparatus and inputs a turn-off instruction for turning off the apparatus, while the apparatus remaining the idle state; third memory means for storing channel numbers in the order of acquisition indices; second seizing means for receiving a control signal using the stored channel number in accordance with the acquisition indices stored in said third memory means; and control means for turning off the apparatus in response to the turn-off instruction, for determining whether a system ID number that the apparatus receives by referring to the contents of said second memory means is stored in the first memory means, in response to the turn-on instruction, for determining whether the apparatus receives the system ID number of higher priority than the system ID number stored in said second memory means when the received system ID number is stored in the first memory means, for seizing the base station having the system ID number of higher priority than the system ID number stored in said second memory means and setting the apparatus in the idle state when the apparatus receives the system ID number of higher priority, for detecting a system ID number from a received control signal having a received strength equal to or greater than a prescribed value when the received system ID number is not stored in the first memory means, and for seizing the base station having the detected system ID number and setting the apparatus in the idle state when the apparatus receives the detected system ID numbers, wherein said control means operates such that a geographical area into which the apparatus has moved is identified, said first seizing means receives one of the broadcast system ID numbers in accordance with the geographical area identified, and seizes a base station having the one of the system ID number received by said first seizing means and sets the apparatus in the idle state.