1. A method of scheduling cell search activity executed by a mobile communication user terminal which includes a control device and a data storage device, during a transmission gap sequencing in a burst mode, the method comprising: maintaining, as executed by the control device and as stored in the data storage device, a table of regular periodic patterns of discreet cell search commands for execution during the transmission gap sequences, wherein the commands are ordered by the desired execution times; and sequentially executing, as executed by the control device, commands in the table stored in said data storage device at the desired execution time.