Patent ID: 8831618

Claim:
A method for reducing an amount of time for reporting a measurement report message after sending a completion message for a transfer from a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) to a second RAT in wireless communication, the method comprising: monitoring a first RAT; receiving an indication on a second RAT; prior to a transfer from the first RAT to the second RAT based on the indication: receiving neighbor information for the second RAT via the first RAT, searching an environment based on the neighbor information, and generating a first neighbor list based on the neighbor information; performing the transfer from the first RAT to the second RAT; and after the transfer: receiving a second neighbor list via the second RAT, comparing the first neighbor list to the second neighbor list to determine an active neighbor list, and configuring the measurement report message based on the determined active neighbor list, wherein the transfer includes an x-way soft handoff based on a fast neighbor scan of the neighbor information that results in a soft handoff status and the x in the x-way soft handoff comprises an integer equal to or greater than 1.