Method of facilitating transmission level measurement, and base station

A method of facilitating measurement of a transmission level, the method being used in a radio system which includes more than one base station and at least one terminal equipment, the method comprising:

• modulating the transmission with a carrier;
• transmitting data in a frame that includes time slots in which more than one base station sends its own broadcast modulated with the same carrier;
• and
• broadcasting by each base station the broadcast in different time slots of successive frames, the broadcast being used by the terminal equipment in comparing the strength of signals received from different base stations.

A base station that is arranged to be used in a radio system including at least one base station and terminal equipment, and in which radio system data is transmitted in frames that include time slots, the data transmission arranged to be modulated with a carrier, wherein:

• the base station is arranged to send a broadcast used by the terminal equipment in comparing the strength of signals received from different base stations;
• the base station is arranged to send its own broadcast modulated with the same carrier in different time slots of the frame;
• and
• the base station is arranged to broadcast in different time slots of successive frames.

A radio system including base stations and terminal equipments;

• wherein:
• the base stations are configured to transmit broadcasts;
• the terminal equipments are configured to use the broadcasts in comparing the strengths of signals received from different base stations;
• and
• each of the base stations are configured to transmit a broadcast using the same carrier frequency in different time slots of successive frames.

A method of facilitating measurement of a transmission level in a radio system which includes at least one base station and terminal equipment, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by at least one base station, a broadcast in different time slots of successive frames;
• measuring and comparing strengths of signals transmitted by each base station by monitoring the time slots in the frames;
• and
• determining a candidate for a new base station in handover based on the monitoring.

A radio system which includes at least one base station and terminal equipment, wherein:

• at least one base station is arranged to broadcast in different time slots of successive frames;
• the terminal equipment is arranged to measure and compare strengths of signals transmitted by each base station by monitoring the time slots in the frames;
• and
• the terminal equipment is arranged to determine a candidate for a new base station in handover based on the monitoring.