Patent ID: 7463599

Claim:
A method in a mobile terminal for reducing time of reception during paging in a communication system, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a first paging-related signal determining an estimated signal quality value based on measurements of the first paging-related signal; determining a time period required to receive synchronization data, said time period varying in length based on the estimated signal quality value of the first paging- related signal, wherein a shorter time period is determined for a higher estimated signal quality value; activating the receiver at the beginning of the determined time period; receiving a second paging-related signal containing the synchronization data; deactivating the receiver at the end of the determined time period; synchronizing the receiver with the received second paging-related signal based on the synchronization data; for each subsequent paging-related signal, determining by the mobile terminal a new time period required to receive the synchronization data based on an estimated signal quality value of at least one previous paging-related signal; and activating the receiver only for the new time period when receiving each subsequent paging-related signal; wherein the mobile terminal adjusts its active time period relative to the transmitted synchronization data while timing and frame structures of synchronization and paging channels remain the same.