Patent ID: 8295833

Claim:
A terminal comprising: an Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (ARFCN) table including at least one ARFCN information; and a controller for controlling a frequency scanning based on the ARFCN table to detect one or more ARFCNs from the ARFCN table and for controlling a camping on at least one of the detected one or more ARFCNs, wherein the camping is performed based on International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) information, wherein the camping on the at least one of the detected one or more ARFCNs comprises, if a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) is detected, camping on the HPLMN, wherein the controller controls frequency scanning of all the ARFCNs included in the ARFCN table, and if a camping does not occur on any ARFCN included in the ARFCN information, controls frequency scanning of all frequency bands, and wherein the controller adds detected Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) information as the ARFCN information of the ARFCN table after the frequency scanning of all the frequency bands.