Patent ID: 9253694
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus, comprising: a radio transceiver module; and a processor, responsive to a signal power of a serving base station falling below a first predetermined threshold, receiving a neighbor cell message from the serving base station and determine a measurement result based on the information carried in the received neighbor cell message, wherein the neighbor base stations are prioritized by the processor in a prioritized order, the prioritized order being determined based on properties of neighboring cell base stations, wherein the neighbor base stations are categorized as at least one of prioritized cells and ordinary cells according to cell types, wherein a scanning set of the neighbor base stations is formed of qualified prioritized cells and reported to the serving base station according to the prioritized order and responsive to at least one of: no space remaining in the scanning set and all ordinary cells being evaluated, wherein the scanning set is scanned, wherein the cell types comprise at least cell coverage, and wherein the processor initiates a handover procedure responsive to the signal power falling below a second predetermined threshold.