Transmission of special neighbor cell lists

A method implemented in a radio access network for communicating with mobile radios in a cellular radio communications system, comprising:

• determining a list of special neighbor cells including one or more neighboring cells that mobile radios are forbidden to select and one or more selectable neighboring cells that mobile radios should treat differently from other neighboring cells that the mobile radios can select, where the other neighboring cells are not included in the list of special neighbor cells, and
• broadcasting or sending in a dedicated message the list of special neighbor cells from a serving cell.

Apparatus implemented in a radio access network for communicating with mobile radios in a cellular radio communications system, comprising:

• a processor for determining a list of special neighbor cells including one or more neighboring cells that mobile radios are forbidden to select and one or more selectable neighboring cells that mobile radios should treat differently from other neighboring cells that the mobile radios can select, where the other neighboring cells are not included in the list of special neighbor cells, and
• a radio transmitter for sending the list of special neighbor cells from a serving cell.