Modified Measurement Procedures for User Equipments

A computer readable memory tangibly storing a set of instructions which, when executed on a communicating apparatus causes the apparatus to perform at least:

• arranging neighbor cells into a first list for offloading traffic and a second list for maintaining coverage;
• providing downlink signaling to indicate special handling for measuring and reporting neighbor cells in the first list, and a threshold signal strength upon which measuring and reporting neighbor cells in the second list is conditional.

A method for operating a network access node, the method comprising:

• compiling a plurality of information elements, each information element indicating for a respective neighbor cell one or more frequencies used by the respective neighbor cell, such that the plurality of information elements distinguish frequencies for offloading traffic from frequencies for maintaining coverage;
• signaling to user equipments in a cell the plurality of information elements and a signal strength parameter, the signal strength parameter for use by the user equipments as a condition for measuring and reporting the frequencies for maintaining coverage but not for measuring and reporting the frequencies for offloading traffic.