Patent ID: 8306537

Claim:
A method in user equipment (UE) associated with a first network cell in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: performing idle mode measurements of one or more network cells other than the first network cell when the UE is operating in an idle mode; during gaps in communication with the first network cell, measuring signals from the one or more network cells based on results of the idle mode measurements; receiving a request to access a first service unavailable through the first network cell; communicating with an access device associated with the first network cell based on the results of the idle mode measurements, wherein the communicating with the access device of the first network cell comprises transmitting at least a portion of the results of the idle mode measurements to the access device of the first network cell in response to a request from the access device of the first network cell that the UE measure signals from the one or more network cells during gaps in communication with the first network cell; receiving from the access device an identification of a second network cell; and accessing the first service through the second network cell.