Patent ID: 8849271

Claim:
A user equipment for use in a cellular communication system, comprising: a receiver, configured for receiving measurement configuration orders; a power meter, configured for measuring reference signal received powers; a measurement controller, connected to said receiver and said power meter, and being configured to access information comprised in said measurement configuration orders, to control an operation of said power meter, and to obtain measured reference signal received powers from said power meter; and a transmitter, connected to said measurement controller; said measurement controller being further configured to compile a measurement report based on said obtained measured reference signal received powers and to provide said measurement report to said transmitter; said transmitter being configured to transmit said measurement report; said measurement configuration orders comprise cell status information associated with neighbouring cells and measurement instructions being dependent of the cell status of the neighbouring cell from which a reference signal to be measured is received; said cell status information comprises at least information about whether or not a Node B for said neighbouring cell is a relay Node B; wherein said measurement controller is configured to perform at least one of said controlling said operation of said power meter and said compiling of said measurement report in dependence on whether or not said Node B from which said signal to be measured was received, is a relay Node B; and wherein said measurement configuration orders indicate no measurement depending on at least one of said cell status information, a prevailing link quality between said user equipment and a neighbouring cell and a prevailing link quality between said user equipment and a serving cell.