Patent ID: 7796557

Claim:
A method for use in communicating network capability information associated with concurrent services for a wireless communication network to mobile stations configured to operate in the wireless network, the concurrent services providing for simultaneous use of a voice call service and a data communication service for a given mobile station, the method comprising: providing a radio traffic channel with a mobile station for a call involving the mobile station; causing an in-traffic channel message to be transmitted to the mobile station during the call, the in-traffic channel message including a bit indication defined to indicate whether or not the concurrent services are supported by the wireless network, and further including an additional indication defined to indicate whether or not the wireless network supports a particular concurrent service related feature utilized in the concurrent services, the particular concurrent service related feature being a mobile-initiated position location determination feature, and wherein the additional indication is one of a first setting or a second setting, the first setting indicating that the wireless network supports the mobile-initiated position location determination feature and the second setting indicating that the wireless network fails to support the mobile-initiated position location determination feature; when the additional indication indicates that the wireless network supports the mobile-initiated position location determination feature, receiving a position location request message from the mobile station; and otherwise, when the additional indication indicates that the wireless, network fails to support the mobile-initiated position location determination feature, failing to receive the position location request message from the mobile station.