Apparatus and method for interworking CDMA2000 networks and wireless local area networks

摘要

A method of communicating with mobile stations operating in an area covered by a wide-area wireless network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method comprises the steps of: i) receiving in a packet data server node of the wide-area wireless network data traffic statistics associated with each of a plurality of base stations associated with the wide-area wireless network; ii) receiving in the packet data server node of the wide-area wireless network data traffic statistics associated with each of a plurality of access points associated with the WLAN; iii) identifying a first base station handling a high level of data traffic; and iv) transmitting a handoff direction message to a first mobile station communicating with the first base station, the handoff direction message capable of causing the first mobile station to access a selected first access point of the WLAN.