A method performed at a user equipment, UE, for determining whether to send a measurement report to a serving cell, the method comprising: performing received signal quality measurements of the serving cell and a plurality of neighboring cells; calculating a UE metric based on the received signal quality measurements of a plurality of interfering cells and based on a scaling parameter; comparing the calculated UE metric to a UE threshold to determine whether to send the measurement report to the serving cell; and sending a measurement report containing the received signal quality measurements when the UE metric exceeds the UE threshold, wherein the UE metric is calculated based on the received signal quality measurements of the plurality of interfering cells by: calculating a first difference between a received signal quality of a serving cell and either a received signal quality of a dominant interfering cell or a combined received signal quality of a predefined number of dominant interfering cells; calculating a second difference between the received signal quality of the serving cell and a combined receive signal quality aggregated from the plurality of interfering cells; and wherein the UE metric is further calculated by calculating an algebraic sum of the first difference multiplied by the scaling parameter and the second difference multiplied by one minus the scaling parameter. performing received signal quality measurements of the serving cell and a plurality of neighboring cells; calculating a UE metric based on the received signal quality measurements of a plurality of interfering cells and based on a scaling parameter; comparing the calculated UE metric to a UE threshold to determine whether to send the measurement report to the serving cell; and sending a measurement report containing the received signal quality measurements when the UE metric exceeds the UE threshold, wherein the UE metric is calculated based on the received signal quality measurements of the plurality of interfering cells by: calculating a first difference between a received signal quality of a serving cell and either a received signal quality of a dominant interfering cell or a combined received signal quality of a predefined number of dominant interfering cells; calculating a second difference between the received signal quality of the serving cell and a combined receive signal quality aggregated from the plurality of interfering cells; and wherein the UE metric is further calculated by calculating an algebraic sum of the first difference multiplied by the scaling parameter and the second difference multiplied by one minus the scaling parameter. calculating a first difference between a received signal quality of a serving cell and either a received signal quality of a dominant interfering cell or a combined received signal quality of a predefined number of dominant interfering cells; calculating a second difference between the received signal quality of the serving cell and a combined receive signal quality aggregated from the plurality of interfering cells; and wherein the UE metric is further calculated by calculating an algebraic sum of the first difference multiplied by the scaling parameter and the second difference multiplied by one minus the scaling parameter.