Apparatus and method for scheduling a mobile terminal

A mobile terminal, which may be associated to a serving cell of a cellular communication system, the mobile terminal comprising:

• measurement means adapted to perform measurements using radio resources which are at least partially suspended from transmission by a neighbor cell if the mobile terminal has been classified as a cell-border mobile terminal, and to perform measurements using radio resources which are not suspended from transmission by the neighbor cell if the mobile terminal has been classified as a cell-center mobile terminal, wherein the classification is based on a quality of a wireless communication channel between the mobile terminal and the serving cell and based on a quality of a wireless communication channel between the mobile terminal and the neighbor cell;
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• communication means adapted to communicate information indicative of the measurements and/or the classification from the mobile terminal the cell's serving base station.

A method for scheduling a mobile terminal associated to a serving cell of a cellular communication system, the method comprising:

• classifying the mobile terminal into a cell-center or cell-border mobile terminal based on a quality of a wireless communication channel between the mobile terminal and the serving cell and based on a quality of a wireless communication channel between the mobile terminal and a neighbor cell;
• scheduling a classified cell-border mobile terminal using radio resources which are at least partially suspended from transmission by the neighbor cell, and to schedule a classified cell-center mobile terminal using radio resources which are not suspended from transmission by the neighbor cell.