Patent ID: 8694002

Claim:
In an access terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system that includes at least one micro-type base station, a method comprising: the access terminal operating in a first idle state in which at least: (i) the access terminal includes a particular identifier in any given access request for a data connection of a first protocol type, the particular identifier being uniquely associated with the access terminal and being required by the first protocol to be included in access requests for data connections of the first protocol type, and (ii) the access terminal omits the particular identifier in any given access request for a data connection of a second protocol type, the particular identifier not being specified by the second protocol to be included in access requests for data connections of the second protocol type; while operating in the first idle state, the access terminal making a first determination that any access request it makes will be sent to a micro-type base station; and based at least on the first determination, transitioning to operating in a second idle state in which at least: the access terminal includes the particular identifier in any given access request for a data connection of the second protocol type.