According to the present invention, all terminals can establish
synchronization in a radio communications system formed only of a
plurality of mobile terminals. This radio terminal communicates by the
time division connection method, and comprises a control portion for
synchronizing its transmission/reception timing to that of a group
including a plurality of radio terminals. The control portion determines
the overall cycle including basic cycles in a number corresponding to the
number of radio terminals within said group, conducts control to transmit
a signal in a basic cycle that is included in said overall cycle and that
is set by a unique terminal number allotted in advance to each of said
radio terminals, conducts control to receive signals from another radio
terminal in another basic cycle, adjusts the transmission/reception
timing based on the data received from said other radio terminal in said
other basic cycle, and saves the reception timing until a process to
adjust the transmission/reception timing is conducted.