Patent ID: 8626172

Claim:
A wireless communication method for a mobile station in communication with a wide area network, the method comprising: sending a request to the wide area network to establish a first communication session with a wireless local area network; receiving authorization information for one or more wireless local area networks from the wide area network in response to the request; selecting a first wireless local area network from among the one or more wireless local area networks; establishing, by the mobile station, the first communication session with the selected first wireless local area network using the received authorization information from the wide area network; receiving a data signal for the established first communication session via an access point of the first wireless local area network; transmitting, during a wide area network communication session, from the mobile station to the wide area network via a wide area network base station a control signal that is configured to initiate an adjustment of at least one operating parameter for the established first communication session while the established first communication session with the first wireless local area network is currently ongoing with the wide area network communication session; wherein the adjustment of at least one operating parameter is done by the selected first wireless local area network to facilitate channel configuration for transporting multimedia content via the first wireless local area network; and receiving feedback information concerning acknowledgment of the control signal via the wide area network base station.