Patent ID: 8792890

Claim:
A method for a first mobile station to determine cell information for a first cell, the method comprising: monitoring a channel for messages containing cell information; receiving a first message via the monitored channel and addressed to a second mobile station, the first message including first cell information; storing the first cell information for a time period after receiving the first message; using a first identifier and a second identifier included in the first message to obtain, from a second message conveyed via the monitored channel, an identity of a first neighbor cell in a plurality of cells, the first identifier to indicate the first message is addressed to the second mobile station and the second identifier to indicate the first cell information corresponds to a plurality of neighbor cell information associated with the first neighbor cell, wherein the second message includes a third identifier, and wherein the method further comprises: associating the first cell information with the first neighbor cell if the third identifier matches the first identifier; and not associating the first cell information with the first neighbor cell if the third identifier does not match the first identifier.