Hybrid phone and method of acquiring channel in the hybrid phone

Abstract

A hybrid phone to acquire channels has a first communication mode supporting voice/low-rate data communications and a second communication mode supporting high-rate data communication, and includes a phone control unit having a communication processor controlling voice/data communications according to programs stored in a memory. The communication processor includes a channel acquisition processor attempting to acquire channels for the first and second communication modes. If the channel acquisition processor cannot acquire a channel for the second communication mode within a predetermined time, the channel acquisition processor stops attempting to acquire the channel for the second communication mode and reattempts to acquire the channel for the first communication mode. If the channel acquisition processor acquires the channel for the first communication mode, the channel acquisition processor reattempts to acquire the channel for the second communication mode.

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