Method and apparatus for generating a quality measure target value based on channel conditions

A communication apparatus, comprising:

• a channel estimator to estimate channel parameters for a communication channel based on a signal received from the communication channel;
• a performance estimator to estimate a performance parameter of the communication apparatus;
• and
• a quality measure target generator to generate a quality measure target value for the communication apparatus, wherein said quality measure target generator generates said quality measure target value using channel parameters estimated by said channel estimator and the estimated performance parameter determined by said performance estimator.

A mobile communicator, comprising:

• a first quality measure target generator to generate a first quality measure target value for a first remote base station using estimated channel parameters for a communication channel between said mobile communicator and said first remote base station;
• a second quality measure target generator to generate a second quality measure target value for a second remote base station using estimated channel parameters for a communication channel between said mobile communicator and said second remote base station;
• and
• a site selection manager to select a remote base station to act as a servicing base station for the mobile communicator using at least said first quality measure target value and said second quality measure target value.