| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for communicating data with a plurality of user terminals (MS, 10), comprising the steps of providing a facility for communicating data with said user terminals (MS, 10) via first radio signals (12) using a fixed wireless access communications network, providing a facility for communicating data with the user terminals (MS, 10) via second radio signals (8) using a mobile radio network, determining whether a user terminal (MS, 10) is substantially stationary or whether the user terminal is mobile, and allocating the terminal to at least one of the fixed and the mobile radio networks, consequent upon whether the user terminal is stationary or mobile, in association with predetermined operating parameters. The operating parameters may be at least one of a priority level for requests for a communications channel by the user terminal, a billing tariff, a hand-off priority and a power control priority. The method and apparatus find application with any combination of fixed and mobile radio networks and in particular networks which operate in accordance with GSM, W-CDMA or TD-CDMA.
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