Patent ID: 8121589

Claim:
A method of reporting measurements from a mobile station to a network, comprising: receiving dedicated signaling from the network to obtain measurement configuration data specified for the mobile station; storing at least one measurement object element, at least one reporting configuration element and at least one measurement identity element included in the measurement configuration data, the at least one measurement object element designating communication resources on which measurements are requested by the network, the at least one reporting configuration element defining reporting criteria to trigger a measurement report from the mobile station to the network and a reporting format indicating at least one quantity included in the measurement report, the at least one measurement identity element linking a measurement object element to a reporting configuration element such that any measurement report sent from the mobile station in accordance with the reporting configuration element includes at least one quantity measured on communication resources designated by the measurement object element; storing at least one incomplete measurement identity element linking a stored element, which is a reporting configuration element or a measurement object element, to an unspecified element, which is a removed measurement object element or a removed reporting configuration element, when receiving measurement configuration data to remove the measurement object element or the reporting configuration element without removing the measurement identity element linking it to the reporting configuration element or the measurement object element; and generating and transmitting measurement reports based on the measurement configuration data.