FIELD: mobile telephone communication systems. SUBSTANCE: for synchronizing connection between mobile stations and telephone communication facility incorporating data base and at least one base station that establishes contact with mobile stations through multiple- access time-shared system channels, mentioned channels include control channels and traffic channels, frequencies of recoil and direct communication lines are divided into frames, power saving mode is determined, operation is conducted in double transmission check mode, provision is made for mobile station to monitor control channel between transmission intervals allocated to direct communication channel when communicating through the latter. Mobile station has transmitter, controller, facility ensuring change-over to double transmission monitoring mode and to power saving mode for monitoring control channel. EFFECT: reduced power requirement. 11 cl, 8 dwg, 1 tbl
