A method for execution in a system enabling communication, the method comprising the following steps performed by a mobile communication device comprised in said system: pre-arranging hand-off of communication services that are provided to the mobile communication device comprising a plurality of wireless protocol capabilities, wherein said pre-arranging comprises: determining that the mobile communication device is going to be transitioning from a first access point associated with a first coverage area with a first information transfer capability to a second access point associated with a second coverage area with a second information transfer capability; and configuring protocol and/or RF parameters of said mobile communication device to operate in accordance with said second respective information transfer capability corresponding to post-handoff communications; wherein said configuring protocol and/or RF parameters of said mobile communication device takes place prior to the time at which determination for said hand-off is made; signal and/or channel quality information of the second access point associated with the second coverage area is utilized to determine when to perform the pre-arranged hand-off; and present and future location information of said mobile communication device and availability of wireless services in said present and future locations is utilized to initiate said pre-arranging; wherein the mobile communication device, upon notification from a communication network of communication parameters associated with the second access point, listens for communications to the mobile communication device or with other devices from the second access point in a prioritized manner, said notification being sent by the communication network to the mobile communication device prior to the time at which determination for said hand-off is made. determining that the mobile communication device is going to be transitioning from a first access point associated with a first coverage area with a first information transfer capability to a second access point associated with a second coverage area with a second information transfer capability; and configuring protocol and/or RF parameters of said mobile communication device to operate in accordance with said second respective information transfer capability corresponding to post-handoff communications; wherein said configuring protocol and/or RF parameters of said mobile communication device takes place prior to the time at which determination for said hand-off is made; signal and/or channel quality information of the second access point associated with the second coverage area is utilized to determine when to perform the pre-arranged hand-off; and present and future location information of said mobile communication device and availability of wireless services in said present and future locations is utilized to initiate said pre-arranging; wherein the mobile communication device, upon notification from a communication network of communication parameters associated with the second access point, listens for communications to the mobile communication device or with other devices from the second access point in a prioritized manner, said notification being sent by the communication network to the mobile communication device prior to the time at which determination for said hand-off is made. <EOS>