METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEGOTIATING PERSONALITIES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for negotiating and managing one or more personalities (A-D) in a wireless communications system (400). The meth od comprises advertising one or more supported initial protocol set identifi ers. Furthermore, the method comprises selecting a starting initial protocol set identifier from the advertised initial protocol set identifiers. In add ition, the method comprises establishing a session based on the selected sta rting initial protocol set identifier. The method also comprises establishin g a connection between an access terminal (420) and an access network (ANl, AN2,...,ANN) based on the selected initial protocol set identifier.