Patent ID: 8165071

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: first channel receiving processing means for performing a receiving process for a first channel from a base station and acquiring information regarding a receiving process for a second channel from the base station; second channel receiving processing means for performing the receiving process for said second channel; holding means for holding reception quality information sent to said base station, said reception quality information changing in accordance with reception quality with respect to said base station and corresponding to said information regarding the receiving process; and reception controlling means for controlling each of said channel receiving processing means and said holding means in such a way that said second channel receiving processing means performs a receiving process for a newly received second channel, wherein said reception controlling means includes a table which keeps said information regarding the receiving process and said reception quality information in association with each other; a reception quality measuring unit which measures reception quality with respect to said base station, and a reception quality determining unit which determines whether a result of measurement performed by said reception quality measuring unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value; and a controlling unit which, if the reception quality determining unit determines the result of measurement is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value, acquires said information regarding the receiving process in association with the reception quality information held in said holding means from said table, and outputs the acquired information as information to be used for the receiving process performed by said second channel receiving processing means.