Patent ID: 9094882
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a wireless user equipment, comprising: receiving downlink signaling from a network serving cell, the downlink signaling comprising a Measurement Object information element having a network configured flag indicating measurement reports for at least one first frequency referred to by the Measurement Object information element; and measuring and reporting, to the network serving cell operating on a different second frequency, a first set of neighbor cells operating on any of the at least one first frequency without regard to a configured threshold signal strength s-Measure of the serving cell; wherein based at least in part on the flag, the measuring of the first set of neighbor cells is less frequent than the measuring of a second set of neighbor cells also received in downlink signaling, and wherein the network configured flag is a single bit for each of the at least one first frequency, and is configured without regard to cell type.