Cellular communication network using a user equipment identifier

The present invention concerns a cellular communication network (10) comprising a base station (11) serving a radio cell (12) and at least one user equipment (13) located within said radio cell (12), wherein the base station (11) is configured to receive a radio signal (14) from the user equipment (13) and to determine at least one signal property (15) of said received radio signal (14), wherein the base station (11) is further configured to assign a user equipment identifier (16) to said user equipment (13) based on the a least one determined signal property (15). The present invention further concerns a base station (11) to be used in the above mentioned cellular network (10) as well as corresponding methods.