Abstract: Disclosed herein are a fixed mobile convergence (FMC) apparatus and a method for searching an access point. The FMC apparatus and method effectively search an access point using a frequency searching method of a radio access technology (RAT) service in which a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is used to increase efficiency in power consumption of the FMC apparatus. The FMC apparatus recognizes an area available for a wireless local area network (WLAN) service and may automatically search an access point in the corresponding area so that it is possible to decrease inconvenience to a user.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and a method for managing s system frame number (SFN) in a wireless communication system. A base station allocates information about the SFN to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and transmits the PDCCH, and a mobile terminal reads the PDCCH at each discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle to inspect whether the mobile terminal received a paging message, and determines whether an SFN of the mobile terminal is identical to an SFN of the base station using the information about the SFN included in the PDCCH, thereby solving a difference in SFN.