A method for reducing the power consumption of a radiotelephone in a mobile communication system and a method for reducing the power consumption of a radiotelephone in a mobile communication system and a mobile station

摘要

The invention relates to a method for reducing the power consumption in a mobile system, the mobile system comprising a base station broadcasting messages such as signaling messages to the mobile stations. The stations comprising receiver means for receiving and processing messages broadcast from the base station. The signaling message is divided in parts and transmitted in a number of time slots in the TDMA system. First only a first predetermined part of a signaling message is received, and the signaling message broadcast from the base station is reconstructed on the basis of the part of the signaling message only, and the receiving of the rest of the signaling message is discontinued by switching at least a part of the receiver means of the mobile station in a power saving mode during the said period. If necessary, more information of the signaling message can be received before the reconstruction of the signaling message.