Method and apparatus for efficiently managing power-up timer for high-speed inter-radio access technology handover in mobile communication device

1. A method for performing an Inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) handover between a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) service and a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) service in a mobile communication device having a WCDMA modem and a CDMA modem, the method comprising:

performing the WCDMA service in a WCDMA network;

moving from the WCDMA network to a CDMA network;

determining an Inter-RAT idle roaming to the CDMA network;

measuring, with a timer, a count period from a cut-off time of the WCDMA service according to the determination of the Inter-RAT idle roaming;

receiving a CDMA minimum overhead message; and

performing CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming before the timer is canceled if the CDMA service registration is possible according to the CDMA minimum overhead message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is successful, an operation of the timer is canceled.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is not successful, the CDMA service registration is performed after the set count period.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein registrations for other applications in addition to the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming are not performed, from a point of time in which the CDMA minimum overhead message is received from a CDMA system to a point of time in which the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is completed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein all registrations including the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming are not performed, from a point of time in which the CDMA minimum overhead message is received from a CDMA system, to a point of time in which the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is completed.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set count period has a value for securing continuity of transfer from the WCDMA service to the CDMA service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set count period has a value of 0 or a certain amount in seconds.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein when starting the CDMA service, the WCDMA modem is in an off-line mode.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the offline mode is a power-off mode or a low-power mode.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein when starting the CDMA service, the WCDMA modem operates in a standby mode.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CDMA minimum overhead message includes a system parameter message or an access parameter message.

12. A method for performing an Inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) handover between multi-services of a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

performing a first communication service in a first communication service network;

moving from the first communication network to a second communication network;

determining Inter-RAT idle roaming to the second communication network;

measuring, with a timer, a count period from a cut-off time of the first communication service according to an idle roaming determination;

receiving a minimum overhead message from the second communication network; and

performing the second communication service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming before the timer is canceled if the second communication service registration is possible according to the minimum overhead message.

13. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) modem;

a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modem;

a timer to measure a count period from a certain point of time and to generate a power-up registration signal; and

a controller to control a handover between a WCDMA network and a CDMA network and to control an operation of the WCDMA modem and the CDMA modem,

wherein, when moving from the WCDMA network to the CDMA network, the controller controls a CDMA service registration according to an Inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) idle roaming before the timer is canceled if the CDMA service registration is possible according to a CDMA minimum overhead message.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein a power of a transmitter connected to the modems is determined according to the power-up registration signal and a communication for the registration is performed before the power-up registration signal is activated.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is successful, an operation of the timer is canceled.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein when the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is not successful, the controller controls the CDMA service registration after the power-up registration signal is activated.

17. The device of claim 13 , wherein the controller controls the CDMA service registration so that registrations for other applications in addition to the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming are not performed from a point of time in which the CDMA minimum overhead message is received from a CDMA system to a point of time in which the CDMA service registration according to the Inter-RAT idle roaming is completed.

18. A mobile communication device having modems supporting at least two communication services, the device comprising:

a timer to measure a count period from a certain point of time and generating a power-up registration signal; and

a controller to control a handover between multi-service networks and to control an operation of the relevant modem for communication in the relevant network, wherein, when moving from one network for a first communication service network to another network for a second communication service, the controller controls a registration for the second communication service according to an Inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) idle roaming before the timer is canceled if the second communication service registration is possible according to a minimum overhead message.