Patent ID: 8725153

Claim:
A method for adjusting resource management procedures in a mobile device communicating with a node operating in a cell in a heterogeneous communication network, the method comprising: transmitting, by the mobile device, a first message to the node, the first message including a request for cell information; receiving, by the mobile device, a second message transmitted from the node, the second message including the requested cell information; measuring, by the mobile device, signal reception information; processing, by the mobile device, the received cell information and measured signal reception information to determine an adjustment to a resource management procedure; and adjusting, by the mobile device the resource management procedure based on the determined adjustment; wherein the cell information includes information relating to one or more of cell size, cell type, system load, node information, maximum transmit power, maximum base station users, number of antennas and antenna gain; wherein the resource management procedure is a radio resource management procedure and wherein adjusting the radio resource management procedure includes adjusting one or more of handover, uplink (UL) power control, radio link failure (RLF) recovery and link adaptation.