A method, system, and functional elements for transmitting cell management information in a cellular communication network, in which each cell comprises a base station communicating using at least one frequency and is defined by a radio coverage area of its base station, wherein a communication between a mobile station and a base station is based on a time frame structure comprising a plurality of time slots, in which transmitting time slots in the time frame structures of neighboring base stations, in which time slots cell management information relating to the respective cell is to be transmitted, are shifted against each other on a time basis. The transmitting of cell management information can be based on a predetermined transmission parameter, the value of which is representative of the radio coverage area of a base station.