Patent ID: 8582530

Claim:
In a mobile wireless device, a method for reporting information about signal strength of neighbor cells within a wireless communication environment, said method comprising: receiving a current first type information message from a base station or eNB within a second cell following a handoff of communication occurring on the mobile wireless device from a first cell to the second cell; determining whether a current second type information message is received from the base station or eNB; and in response to the current first type information message being received from the base station or eNB and said determining of whether a current second type information message is received, generating and transmitting a measurement report to the base station or eNB; wherein, the measurement report is a first type measurement report if is determined that a current second type information is received, and is a second type measurement report if it is determined that a current second type information message is not received, the first type measurement report being based on information received from the current first type information message and the received current second type information message, and the second type measurement report being based on information received from the current first type information message and a previously-received second type information message.