Patent ID: 8086236

Claim:
A method for configuring proximity indication reporting in a wireless device as part of an inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) handover (HO) procedure, the method comprising: receiving a HO command containing a message generated by a first RAT system as part of an inter-RAT handover procedure to hand over the wireless device from the first RAT system to a second RAT system, wherein the message contains a plurality of data sets, wherein a first data set of the plurality of data sets contains information to hand over the wireless device from the first RAT system to the second RAT system, and wherein a second data set of the plurality of data sets contains proximity indication reporting information to configure proximity indication reporting in the wireless device as part of the inter-RAT handover procedure; and as part of the Inter-RAT handover procedure, in response to receiving the message, configuring the proximity indication reporting in the wireless device; and performing a handover of the wireless device from the first RAT to the second RAT.