Patent ID: 8238900

Claim:
A method in a mobile station, said mobile station being engaged in communication session via a Push-to-talk (PTT)/Push-to-X (PTX) communication server, the method comprising: monitoring a set of data outage precursors, said precursors corresponding to procedures comprising cell handover procedures, Routing Area Update (RAU) procedures, and Location Area Update (LAU) procedures; receiving an indication that at least one of said precursors is initiating or is anticipated, in response to said monitoring; and sending a message to said PTT/PTX communication server before said data outage occurs, in response to receiving said indication, said message for indicating an anticipation that said mobile station will commence a network related operation, wherein the network related operation is at least one of the cell handover, the Routing Area Update (RAU), or the Location Area Update (LAU).