Patent ID: 8090376

Claim:
A method of selecting a cell for handover of a mobile station to another communication system, the method comprising: sending a command to a mobile station from a first network element, wherein the command includes a request to perform compressed mode measurements at the mobile station of a neighboring cell, wherein the neighboring cell uses a different communication means than the first network element; receiving compressed mode measurement results from the mobile station at the first network element; weighting the received compressed mode measurement results with indicators of a prioritized neighbor cell list to form a prioritized list, wherein the weighting comprises multiplying the received compressed mode measurement results by the indicators of the prioritized neighbor cell list; sending a second command to the mobile station from the first network element, wherein the second command includes a second request to decode identification codes at the mobile station based on the prioritized list; receiving an indicator of a suitable cell from the prioritized list from the mobile station at the first network element; and sending an instruction to the mobile station from the first network element after receiving the indicator, the instruction to stop decoding identification codes at the mobile station.