Patent ID: 7142526

Claim:
Mobile communication terminal equipment for a CDMA cellular phone system, comprising: detection means for performing cell detection by detecting scramble codes of a visiting cell and a neighboring cell; memory means for storing a scramble code; control means for controlling to write the scramble codes of the visiting cell and neighboring cell, detected by said detection means, into said memory means, upon assigning priorities thereto in detecting operation, in response to user operation; and measurement means for measuring detection frequencies of the scramble codes and intra-cell stay times; wherein: said control means controls said detection means so as to perform cell detection by preferentially using the scramble codes stored in said memory means, said control means controls said detection means so as to perform cell detection by using a plurality of scramble codes, stored in said memory means, in the descending order of priorities, and said control means controls the detection means so as to perform cell detection by using a scramble code other than the scramble codes stored in said memory means when cell detection cannot be performed by using the scramble codes stored in said memory means.