Patent ID: 11930407
Assignee: TELIT CINTERION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A method for operating a user equipment in a cellular network, the cellular network comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein at least one base station is configured to maintain neighbor relation data,
wherein the user equipment is operating with an active base station, which is the one of said base stations the user equipment is currently served by, and the user equipment is configured to operate in narrowband communication category,, the method comprising the steps for the user equipment:
receiving from the active base station a measurement instruction message, said measurement instruction message comprising at least one restriction parameter relating to at least one of a reporting time indication and a minimum power level indicator,
receiving a connection release message,
measuring signals from at least one neighbor base station considering the at least one restriction parameter, and on occasion of a reconnection:
transmitting at least one neighbor measurement report to the active base station,
wherein in case the received restriction parameter comprises a minimum power level, the method comprises the step of:
considering said minimum power level indicator when measuring signals from at least one neighbor base station and signals received from said neighbor base station at the user equipment,
wherein the measurement is terminated when said minimum power level is reached without detecting signals from the at least one neighbor base station.