Patent ID: 8913583

Claim:
A method comprising: sending, by a base station, a request for information relating to radio access technology capabilities of a mobile station; receiving, by the base station, a first message containing the information relating to radio access technology capabilities of the mobile station, wherein the first message is responsive to the request, and the information contained in the first message specifies that the mobile station supports at least two different types of radio access technologies useable by the mobile station to communicate over a wireless link between the base station and the mobile station; and controlling, by the base station, which of the at least two different types of radio access technologies the mobile station is to use, and which respective one of at least two different types of connections to use for each of the at least two different types of radio access technologies, wherein the controlling comprises the base station sending, to the mobile station, a second message containing a record listing the at least two different types of radio access technologies and associated fields settable to an enable state or a disable state to enable or disable, respectively, corresponding ones of the at least two different types of radio access technologies; and sending, by the base station, a list to the mobile station, wherein the list identifies plural types of radio access technologies and assigned capabilities of the corresponding plural types of radio access technologies, wherein the assigned capabilities are selected from among: voice only, voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) not allowed, and VoIP allowed, wherein the at least two different types of radio access technologies are selected from the group consisting of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Ratio Access (EUTRA) technology, a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) technology, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, a Global System for Mobile (GSM) technology, a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology, an Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology, and a High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) technology.