Patent ID: 8155025

Claim:
A method for performing measurements, comprising: transmitting a control message from a microcell base station to a microcell mobile station, for increasing a duration for the microcell mobile station to reside in a camping state on a control channel of the microcell mobile station, wherein the transmitting transmits a second control message from the microcell base station to the microcell mobile station, for resetting a camping state delay timer, to begin a delay duration before reselecting another control channel, where the delay duration causing a periodic scanning of the another control channel to be suspended for a desired measurement duration by forcing the microcell mobile station out of the camping state, wherein the second control message comprises a page notification to the microcell mobile station, without follow up, where the page notification is for forcing the microcell mobile station out of the camping state; turning off a transmitter of the microcell base station; retuning a receiver of the microcell base station to a frequency to be monitored; measuring a signal strength on the frequency; retuning the receiver back to an assigned frequency; and turning on the transmitter.