Handover in a communication network comprising plural heterogeneous access networks

摘要

A mobile terminal capable of accessing a plurality of heterogeneous access networks and corresponding method for performing a handover, the mobile terminal comprising receiver means adapted to receive (505), from an access network information transfer manager (504) common to the plurality of heterogeneous access networks, available access network information containing a list of available access networks in the vicinity of the mobile terminal, selection means adapted to select one of the available access networks for handover (507); and initiation means adapted to initiate a handover to the selected access network (508).