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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Masahide Akao, Kyotanabe, JP;
Michiyuki Yamaoka, Katano, JP;
Masayoshi Masuda, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Co Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cellular telephone () that searches for a destination base station in accordance with a handoff instruction receives a soft handoff instruction or a hard handoff that is able to specify a first search window size. When the hard handoff instruction is received, a search block () is controlled so that a window control block () searches for pilot signals from neighboring base stations using a search window having a size larger than one of the first search window size and a third search window size that is used when the soft handoff instruction is received.