Method for operating a wireless communication device (UE1, UE2) in a cellular network by operating with a first base node of the cellular network, the method comprises the steps, for the wireless communication device, of: - determining power consumption criteria for at least one first time period containing at least one data transmission, said power consumption criteria resulting in a value depicting the power consumption, - carrying out a data transmission session, in case that, after said data transmission session the wireless communication device has changed from the first base node to a second base node of the cellular network: - determining power consumption criteria for at least one second time period containing at least one data transmission on a second base node, said power consumption criteria resulting in a comparable value depicting the power consumption, - comparing the value depicting the power consumption of the first time period with the value depicting the power consumption of the second time period, the comparison taking into account a predefined reselection power threshold, wherein, - carrying out a cell reselection to the first base node, in case at the first time period the value depicting the power consumption indicate a lower power consumption than at the second time period, the cell reselection being further only carried out if the value depicting the power consumption of the second base node is higher by said reselection power threshold than the value depicting the power consumption of the first base node. the method comprises the steps, for the wireless communication device, of: - determining power consumption criteria for at least one first time period containing at least one data transmission, said power consumption criteria resulting in a value depicting the power consumption, - carrying out a data transmission session, - determining power consumption criteria for at least one first time period containing at least one data transmission, said power consumption criteria resulting in a value depicting the power consumption, - carrying out a data transmission session, in case that, after said data transmission session the wireless communication device has changed from the first base node to a second base node of the cellular network: - determining power consumption criteria for at least one second time period containing at least one data transmission on a second base node, said power consumption criteria resulting in a comparable value depicting the power consumption, - comparing the value depicting the power consumption of the first time period with the value depicting the power consumption of the second time period, the comparison taking into account a predefined reselection power threshold, - determining power consumption criteria for at least one second time period containing at least one data transmission on a second base node, said power consumption criteria resulting in a comparable value depicting the power consumption, - comparing the value depicting the power consumption of the first time period with the value depicting the power consumption of the second time period, the comparison taking into account a predefined reselection power threshold, wherein, - carrying out a cell reselection to the first base node, in case at the first time period the value depicting the power consumption indicate a lower power consumption than at the second time period, the cell reselection being further only carried out if the value depicting the power consumption of the second base node is higher by said reselection power threshold than the value depicting the power consumption of the first base node. - carrying out a cell reselection to the first base node, in case at the first time period the value depicting the power consumption indicate a lower power consumption than at the second time period, the cell reselection being further only carried out if the value depicting the power consumption of the second base node is higher by said reselection power threshold than the value depicting the power consumption of the first base node.