Mobile communication method

A mobile communication method in which a mobile station is handed over from a first cell subordinate to a first radio base station to a second cell subordinate to a second radio base station, the method comprising:

• a step A of transmitting instruction information for instructing to measure and report a desired radio quality to the mobile station;
• a step B of transmitting, by the first radio base station, a handover request signal, which includes identification information assigned to the first cell, to the second radio base station;
• a step C of determining, by the second radio base station, whether or not the second cell is an area inside a measurement-target area, on the basis of the identification information assigned to the first cell;
• and
• a step D of notifying the mobile station of the instruction information, when it is determined that the second cell is the area inside the measurement-target area.

A radio base station, which operates as a second radio base station in a mobile communication method in which a mobile station receiving instruction information for instructing to measure and report a desired radio quality is handed over from a first cell subordinate to a first radio base station to a second cell subordinate to a second radio base station, wherein the radio base station is configured:

• to receive a handover request signal including identification information assigned to the first cell from the first radio base station,
• to determine whether or not the second cell is an area inside a measurement-target area, on the basis of the identification information assigned to the first cell;
• and
• to notify the mobile station of the instruction information, when it is determined that the second cell is the area inside the measurement-target area.