METHOD FOR SETTING A SEARCH PERIOD OF PAGING CHANNEL

摘要

Disclosed is a method of variably setting a monitoring period for a paging channel, the method including the steps of accumulating the number of calls occurred within each time range, setting the monitoring period for the paging channel to be long as the number of calls occurred within each time range becomes small, and monitoring the paging channel in every monitoring period set for each time range. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to reduce battery power consumption in a mobile communication terminal.