Patent ID: 8149787

Claim:
A method, for coordinating modes of a general packet radio service network, comprising: obtaining, at a base station controller, a preference-ordered list of operation modes established by a user of a mobile device, wherein the preference-ordered list of operation modes includes a first network operation mode, a second network operation mode, and a third network operation mode, ordered, according to user preferences, from a most preferred operation mode to a least preferred operation mode; obtaining, at the base station controller, a present status of a Gs link between a serving general packet radio service support node and a mobile switching center of the general packet radio service network; and selecting, in response to the present status of the Gs link of the general packet radio service network, an operation mode from the preference-ordered list based on the user preferences and the present status; wherein selecting the operation mode from the preference-ordered list of operation modes is performed by a component selected from a group of components consisting of the base station controller and the serving general packet radio service support node.