FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: when a macro base node (MBN) provides good channel quality, slow rate background intra- and inter-frequency searches can discover the preferred HBN which would otherwise not be discovered or would consume excessive power. When channel quality is fair, slow rate background inter-frequency searches can result in timely switching to the preferred HBN. Location hints which indicate proximity of the preferred HBN can be used to trigger slow rate background searches. Neighbouring cell searching of neighbour cell listing (NCL) when channel quality is fair or poor are maintained to prepare for call reselections to the available node.
EFFECT: improved power consumption to determine the probability of discovering a preferred node.
50 cl, 14 dwg
