Patent ID: 8706135

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: communicating, by a mobile terminal, using a plurality of wireless communication standards; determining, via a satellite navigation system receiver integrated within or coupled to said mobile terminal, a location of said mobile terminal; identifying, with reference to said location of said mobile terminal, whether said mobile terminal has moved to a region of operation that does not support a first of said plurality of wireless communication standards and that uses a different parameter for a second of said plurality of wireless communication standards; when identifying that said mobile terminal has moved to said region of operation, determining a new wireless communication standard for use by said mobile terminal and at least one different parameter for said second of said plurality of wireless communication standards based on said location of said mobile terminal using a database maintained within said mobile terminal; and configuring said mobile terminal to use said new wireless communication standard and said at least one different parameter for said second of said plurality of wireless communication standards, wherein said at least one different parameter comprises a different uplink frequency band and a different downlink frequency band for said second of said plurality of wireless communication standards.