Patent ID: 7477897

Claim:
A method for servicing communications from a Call Control Entity (CCE) to a wireless terminal, comprising: communicatively coupling the CCE with a wireless local area network (WLAN), the WLAN having a plurality of Access Points (APs); receiving at the CCE a call for the wireless terminal; determining the physical location of the wireless terminal relative to coverage areas of individual ones of the plurality of APs within the WLAN; allocating WLAN resources to service the call, when the wireless terminal is within a coverage area of one of the plurality of APs based on call servicing factors; delivering the call to the wireless terminal via the WLAN if: the wireless terminal is within the coverage area of one of the plurality of APs within the WLAN; and the call servicing factors allow the call to be serviced by the WLAN; or attempting to deliver the call to the wireless terminal via an alternate network based on the call servicing factors; wherein the call servicing factors include: a comparison of the signal quality of the WLAN and the signal quality of the alternate network; available bandwidth within the WLAN and the alternate network; and costs associated with servicing the call within the WLAN and the alternate network.