Patent ID: 8165585

Claim:
A computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium is a physical storage medium and not propagated signals, the computer readable medium storing a computer program for directing a mobile equipment to perform a handover from a first radio access network comprising an unlicensed wireless system to a second radio access network, the computer program executable by a processor, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for: establishing a dedicated connection between the mobile equipment and the unlicensed wireless system via an unlicensed network controller; determining that a handover from the unlicensed wireless system is applicable; sending a HANDOVER REQUIRED message from the mobile equipment to the unlicensed network controller; and receiving a HANDOVER COMMAND message at the mobile equipment from the unlicensed network controller, wherein each of the HANDOVER REQUIRED message and the HANDOVER COMMAND message includes a set of basic information elements (IEs) including: a protocol discriminator; a skip indicator; and a message type via which the message may be identified, wherein the HANDOVER REQUIRED message further includes at least one IE that identifies one or more cells operating in the second radio access network to which the mobile equipment may connect to complete the handover from the unlicensed wireless system.