There is provided a power save processing method to be performed by a communication
terminal capable of concurrently establishing communication links with a plurality
of slave communication terminals, which reduces the transition time and provides
an increased power save operation time. When a power save operation is performed
at a plurality of slave communication terminals having asynchronous communication
links established with the master communication terminal, the master communication
terminal sets a communication start time and a communication duration for each
communication link such that the communication slots used for the communication
links are huddled together so as to span one continuous range, assuming that the
communication links all have the same communication cycle. In accordance with the
parameters thus set, the master communication terminal Negotiates with the plurality
of slave communication terminals. Then, the master communication terminal itself
performs a power save operation during the continuous period corresponding to unused
slots which has been obtained through the above adjustments.