METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FOR GPRS NEIGHBOUR CELL MEASUREMENT REPORTING WHEN PACKET BROADCAST CONTROL CHANNEL IS NOT AVAILABLE

摘要

A method operates, in at least one network (20) control mode of operation (preferably NC2), for determining in a MS (100) if a cell (30) to which the MS (100) is currently assigned has a first type of broadcast control channel (the PBCCH) and, if the cell (30) does have the first type of broadcast control channel, for sending a PACKET MEASUREMENT REPORT message to the network (20) for reporting on neighbour cells (30) identified in a list received from the PBCCH. If the cell (30) does not have the PBCCH, the method instead sends a PACKET MEASUREMENT REPORT message to the network for reporting on neighbour cells (30) identified in a list received from a second type of broadcast control channel (BCCH). The type of list used by the MS (100) is one of implicitly specified by the PACKET MEASUREMENT REPORT message, or is explicitly specified by the PACKET MEASUREMENT REPORT message.