Patent ID: 8406790

Claim:
A method performed at a measuring node to perform measurements of signals in a wireless network, the method comprising: setting switching points for a plurality of measurement groups, each measurement group specifying measurements to be made by the measuring node of one or more signals transmitted by one or more cells; performing measurements of the signals corresponding to a measurement group; and switching, at each switching point sp x→y , from performing measurements according to a measurement group x to performing measurements according to a measurement group y, wherein the one or more signals of each measurement group are transmitted by the one or more cells in measurement occasions (MO) corresponding to that measurement group in which the MOs corresponding each measurement group repeats in a MO pattern associated with that measurement group, wherein a switching point sp x→y is a time by which the measuring node is expected to complete, at least in part, the measurements of the measurement group x and to be ready to proceed with measurements of the measurement group y, wherein in each measurement group further specifies any one or more of a set of one or more frequencies of the group of signals to be measured, a set of one or more cells from which the group of signals transmitted therefrom are measured, and a set of one or more radio access technologies (RAT) of the group of signals to be measured, and wherein each measurement group is differentiated from all other measurement groups in any one or more of the set of frequencies, the set of cells, and the set of RATs.