Monitoring is made as to whether the serial number of header incorporated
to the data sent to a Radio Link Control (RLC) after a decoding process
is continuous. When it is determined as a result of monitoring for a
predetermined period of time that no defect is present in the header
numbers, a multi-path timing is detected by taking a correlation between
the result of the detection and spread codes of received signals and a
pilot signal. From this multi-path timing, a station, from which data are
to be received in fingers, is determined for interrupting processes of
de-spread, RAKE reception and decoding, thus reducing power consumed in
the processes.