A method (200) for scheduling cell quality measurements in a mobile receiver includes: receiving a downlink radio channel comprising system information (201) of a radio communication system; retrieving (202) at least one first parameter from the system information (201), the at least one first parameter specifying a criterion for performing cell quality measurements; retrieving (203) at least one second parameter from the system information (201), the at least one second parameter specifying a criterion for performing cell reselection; adapting (206) the at least one first parameter based on the at least one second parameter if the at least one first parameter is bigger than a derived threshold (205) or if the at least one first parameter is not provided (204) by the system information (201); and scheduling (207) the cell quality measurements based on the at least one adapted first parameter.