Handy phone with an infrared communication capability

A handy phone having, in addition to an original function of communicating with a base station by radio, a function of effecting infrared communication with an infrared transmitting and receiving section capable of transmitting data in a form of infrared rays and producing a received signal out of data received in a form of infrared rays, said handy phone comprising:

• command transmitting means for sending, at a beginning of infrared communication, a station location command via said infrared transmitting and receiving section a preselected number of times at preselected time intervals;
• detecting means for determining, every time and just after the station location command has been sent, whether or not infrared data is received via said infrared transmitting and receiving section;
• error checking means for determining, when infrared data is detected by said detecting means, whether or not said infrared data includes a bit error;
• reporting means for reporting a result of decision output from said error checking means;
• information storing means for determining, if the infrared data does not include a bit error as determined by said error checking means, whether or not said infrared data is a station location response received from a desired station, and neglecting, if said infrared data is not a station location response, said infrared data or storing, if said infrared data is a station location response, information of said desired station;
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• processing means for ending, after sending the station location command the preselected number of times, processing for setting up a data link to the desired station or infrared communication processing on the basis of the information stored in said information storing means.