Patent ID: 8195164
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a user equipment located in a serving cell of a mobile communications network, said method comprising: monitoring downlink communication at predetermined time intervals when operating in discontinuous reception mode, performing communication parameter measurements regarding at least one of the serving cell and one or more neighbor cells, and after the occurrence of a first event, sending at least one of measurement data and a first event report from said user equipment to said network, wherein said sending is triggered by the occurrence of the first event, wherein said monitoring is caused to be performed at shortened time intervals after the occurrence of a second event, wherein said second event is defined to indicate a higher probability of receiving a handover command than said first event, wherein said monitoring at shortened time intervals is caused after a predetermined time period from said occurrence of said second event, wherein said parameter measurements are continued to be carried out during said predetermined time period from said occurrence of said second event in order to verify that the conditions for said second event are fulfilled during the predetermined time period.