Patent ID: 8175631

Claim:
A mobile station comprising: a switching unit configured to, when the mobile station is located in a communication area of a first base station, switch a reception operation thereof so as to receive a signal transmitted from the first base station during a first time period and so as not to receive the signal transmitted from the first base station during a second time period; an acquiring unit configured to acquire from a second base station information on a transmission timing of a communication parameter thereof in a case where the mobile station is yet to receive neighboring base station information from the first base station, the neighboring base station information including the communication parameter of the second base station; a query unit configured to query the first base station as to whether there are data directed to the mobile station from the first base station; and a receiving unit configured to receive the communication parameter transmitted from the second base station according to the transmission timing of the communication parameter if the information acquired by the acquiring unit indicates that the transmission timing of the communication parameter is to occur during the first time period and a result of the query by the query unit indicates that there are no data directed to the mobile station from the first base station.