METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGYFOR COMMUNICATION

摘要

A method and apparatus for communicating data between a mobile communicati on device and a communications node via an appropriate radio access technology. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying at least one characteristic associated with data pending for communication, identifying a set of radio access technologi es available for communication and at least one characteristic of each, evaluating the characteristics of the pending data relative to the characteristics of the available radio acce ss technologies, selecting from the set of available radio access technologies a radio access technology relative to the pending data and effectuating communication of at least a portion of the pending data via a communication link employing the selected radio access technology.