WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH DIFFERENT WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES

摘要

A first and a second, different wireless access technology are supported (101 and 102) via an access gateway (200). The first wireless access technology, for example, can serve to facilitate provision of a wireless communication session with a given mobile station (104). Using (105) a received first identifier that correlates the mobile station to the first wireless access technology and a received second identifier that correlates the mobile station to the second wireless access technology, this access gateway can then, when appropriate, effect (106) a handover of that wireless communication session for that mobile station from the first wireless access technology to the second wireless access technology.