Controlling reselection from access points in a telecommunications network

A base station that controls a reselection method of a mobile terminal camped on the base station, which mobile terminal performs a cell reselection function in accordance with reselection parameters, the base station comprising:

• a first determining module that determines radio characteristics of at least one neighbouring base station;
• a second determining module that determines radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to the mobile terminal;
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• a mobile terminal programming module that selectively varies the reselection parameters of the mobile terminal to determine when the mobile terminal begins making cell reselection measurements for the cell reselection function in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the neighbouring base station with respect to a first threshold and in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to a second threshold, wherein the selective varying of the reselection parameters thereby alters the likelihood that the neighbouring base station will be selected by the mobile terminal.

A telecommunications system, comprising:

• a mobile terminal;
• a first base station that controls a reselection method of the mobile terminal camped on the base station, which mobile terminal performs a cell reselection function in accordance with reselection parameters, wherein the first base station includes:
• a first determining module that determines radio characteristics of at least one neighbouring base station;
• a second determining module that determines radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to the mobile terminal;
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• a mobile terminal programming module that selectively varies the reselection parameters of the mobile terminal to determine when the mobile terminal begins making cell reselection measurements for the cell reselection function in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the neighbouring base station with respect to a first threshold and in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to a second threshold, wherein the selective varying of the reselection parameters thereby alters the likelihood that the neighbouring base station will be selected by the mobile terminal.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer software for a reselection method for a mobile terminal camped on a predetermined base station, which mobile terminal performs a cell reselection function in accordance with reselection parameters, the computer software comprising:

• executable code that determines the radio characteristics of at least one neighbouring base station;
• executable code that determines radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to the mobile terminal;
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• executable code that selectively varies the reselection parameters to determine when the mobile terminal begins making cell reselection measurements for the cell reselection function in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the neighbouring base station with respect to a first threshold and in dependence upon the determined radio characteristics of the predetermined base station with respect to a second threshold, wherein the selective varying of the reselection parameters thereby alters the likelihood that the neighbouring base station will be selected by the mobile terminal.