Patent ID: 6917807

Claim:
A method for use in a cellular telecommunications network for selection of a cell for use by a mobile station in a cell-command state, said cellular telecommunications network comprising a plurality of radio access networks having cells, said cells being grouped into registrations areas, and said mobile station having a plurality of states, said states comprising an idle-mode state; a registration-area-connected state, in which state the location of a mobile station is known to the cellular telecommunications network on a registration area level; and a cell-connected state, in which state the location of a mobile station is known to the cellular telecommunications network on a cell level, the method comprising the steps of: selecting, by the network, a cell to be suggested as the cell for use by the mobile station in the cell-connected state, and indicating, by the network, said selected cell to be suggested by attaching cell identification information as a parameter to a message initiating a change of the mobile station to the cell-connected state.