Patent ID: 8351394

Claim:
An adaptive communication method, comprising: obtaining information about an application mode supported by a network, and providing the information for a communication terminal, wherein the application mode is indicative of a mode of coupling between access layer technology and non-access layer technology; and creating communication connection between the communication terminal and the network based on the application mode negotiated and determined by the communication terminal after the communication terminal negotiates and determines the application mode according to information about the application mode supported by the communication terminal and information about the application mode supported by the network, if application modes supported by the communication terminal comprise no application mode available, reconfiguring the communication terminal, wherein, after the communication terminal obtains the information about the application mode supported by the network, the method further comprises: determining whether the application modes supported by the communication terminal comprise an application mode that matches the application mode supported by the network: if the application modes supported by the communication terminal comprise an application mode that matches the application mode supported by the network, negotiating and determining, by the communication terminal, the application mode according to the information about the application mode supported by the communication terminal and the information about the application mode supported by the network; otherwise, negotiating and determining the application mode according to the information about the application mode supported by the communication terminal and the information about the application mode supported by the network after the communication terminal is reconfigured.