Patent ID: 7853260

Claim:
An apparatus operable in a cell employing a downlink carrier configured to: perform a first inter-frequency measurement on another downlink carrier at a different frequency than said downlink carrier, wherein said first inter-frequency measurement comprises at least one of a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement, a receive signal code power (RSCP) measurement, and an average channel power-to-total signal power ratio (Ec/Io) measurement; compare a result of said first inter-frequency measurement of said another downlink carrier with another value; and perform a second inter-frequency measurement different from said first inter-frequency measurement on said another downlink carrier when said result exceeds said another value to identify another cell from a plurality of co-sited cells, wherein said another downlink carrier of one of said plurality of co-sited cells is skipped and another one of said plurality of co-sited cells is identified based on said second inter-frequency measurement.