Patent ID: 8478262

Claim:
A method for a first user equipment (UE) unit of a plurality of UE units delegating to other UE units measuring of signal quality for handover management between a plurality of Radio Access Technology (RAT) systems, the method comprising the acts of: at least one other UE unit of the plurality of UE units: receiving a request from the first UE unit to obtain a measurement of the signal quality in a first RAT system of the plurality of RAT systems; obtaining the measurement of the signal quality in the first RAT system responsive to the request, wherein the obtained measurement approximates the signal quality for a measurement obtainable by the first UE unit; and reporting the obtained measurement of the signal quality in the first RAT system to the first UE unit; wherein the request includes a maximum distance between the at least one other UE unit and the first UE unit, and wherein the request further includes a required number of idle timeslots in the at least one other UE unit.