PROVIDING A NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE WITHIN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A neighborhood zone covering an enclosed or surrounded environment, such as a man-made building or high-rise, is defined (400) within a mobile telecommunications network by associating a plurality of base stations with respective cell areas. A same neighborhood list indicating all measurement channels being utilized within the neighborhood zone by said plurality of base stations is then further defined (400). The defined same neighborhood list is then transmitted (410) by each of the base stations within its respective coverage area. A mobile station traveling within the neighborhood zone then scans and reports measurements (420) from the indicated measurement channels to the serving mobile telecommunications network. The mobile telecommunications network then effectuates a handover (460) in accordance with the received signal measurements. An idle mobile station further utilized the measurements to effectuate a cell re-selection.