Patent ID: 8238920

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for use in determining whether to make measurements for a possible internetwork handover from a current radio access technology (RAT) network to a different type of RAT network may be appropriate for one or more mobile radios, comprising: a computer automatically obtaining information associated with a serving base station in the current RAT network serving a mobile radio and with one or more base stations in the different RAT network, the information including one or more parameters indicating an effect and efficiency of a current inter-RAT measurement triggering threshold; the computer automatically determining a new measurement triggering threshold value or adjusting an existing measurement triggering threshold value used by the current RAT network for initiating inter-RAT handover measurements by the mobile radio based on the obtained information; and communicating an indication of the new or adjusted measurement triggering threshold value so that the new or adjusted measurement triggering threshold value can be used by the mobile radio.