A disclosed mobile station includes a switching unit for, when the mobile station is in a communication area of a first base station (BS), switching a reception operation to receive a signal transmitted from the first BS during a first period and not to receive the signal during a second period; an acquiring unit for acquiring from a second BS information on a transmission timing of a communication parameter if the mobile station is yet to receive neighboring BS information from the first BS; a query unit for querying the first BS as to whether there are data directed to the mobile station; and a receiving unit for receiving the communication parameter from the second BS according to the transmission timing if the acquired information indicates that the transmission timing is to occur during the first period and a result of the query indicates that there are no data.