Patent ID: 7039409

Claim:
A method for monitoring adjacent cells in a mobile radio telephone system, in which a mobile station located in a cell of the mobile radio telephone system receives, for purposes of monitoring adjacent cells, transmit signals coded with different cell-specific codes from base stations of adjacent cells and codes and evaluates the transmit signals in accordance with the respective cell-specific codes, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, via at least the base station currently responsible for the mobile station, signaling information which informs the mobile station of at least one of the codes to be used in the monitoring of adjacent cells and the codes not to be used in monitoring adjacent cells, wherein the signaling information informs the mobile station of a particular mask and a particular bit pattern; and decoding and evaluating, via the mobile station in monitoring adjacent cells using the mask and/or bit pattern, the transmit signals of the adjacent cells coded with a code which can be used for the monitoring of adjacent cells in accordance with the signaling information.