the present invention relates to a method for acquiring radio measurements in a mobile communication system . in accordance with one embodiment of the invention , the method comprises the steps of . within a serving cell operated by a radio access node and serving a particular user equipment , sending measurement control information from said radio access node to said particular user equipment whereby said particular user equipment is configured to perform radio measurements , within a further serving cell operated by a further radio access node and subsequently serving said particular user equipment , sending a measurement report from said particular user equipment to said further radio access node comprising measurement data as configured by said serving cell and a cell identifier of said serving cell , transferring said measurement data from said further radio access node back to said radio access node . the present invention also relates to a user equipment and to a radio access node operable to form part of a mobile communication system .