Patent ID: 7366513

Claim:
A wireless communication unit for operation within a loosely coupled communication network comprising a first communication network and a second communication network, wherein the first communication network is one of a Wireless Local Area Network and a Wireless Wide Area network and the second communication network is the other of the Wireless Local Area Network and the Wireless Wide Area Network, the wireless communication unit comprising: a transceiver to support an air interface with the first communication network and with the second communication network; and a controller to control and cooperatively operate with the transceiver to place an active call in the first communication network on hold to provide an on-hold call at the first communication network wherein the on-hold call is created prior to determining that a handout from the first communication network to the second communication network is desired and thereafter retrieve the on-hold call from the first communication network while the wireless communication unit is operating in the second communication network via a call leg in the second communication network established for coupling the on-hold call to the wireless communication unit.