Patent ID: 7596378

Claim:
A method used in a mobile wireless telecommunications system that includes base stations of a first type operating over a first air interface and base stations of a second type operating over a second air interface, the method performed by a mobile station camped on a cell associated with a first base station of the first type, the method for reselection of a second base station of the second type, wherein the first and second air interfaces are distinct such that one is a TDMA air interface and the other is a CDMA air interface, the method comprising: (a) receiving signals over the second air interface from the second base station; (b) evaluating a characteristic of the signals; (c) responsive to the characteristic, selecting the second base station in place of the first base station; and (d) camping on a cell associated with the second base station, wherein evaluating the characteristic comprises applying a CDMA path loss criterion to the signals.