Patent ID: 8351375

Claim:
A method for receiving inter-radio access technology (RAT) information in a wireless communication system, performed by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: accessing to a high rate packet data (HRPD) network; receiving a QuickConfig message from the HRPD network, the QuickConfig message comprising a sector signature, a neighbor (RAT indicator and an RAT transmission period, the sector signature indicating a value of a sector signature of a next sector parameter message, the neighbor RAT indicator indicating whether or not a neighbor RAT message is transmitted from the HRPD network, the RAT transmission period indicating a transmission period of the neighbor RAT message when the neighbor RAT indicator indicates the transmission of the neighbor RAT message; and receiving the neighbor RAT message in the transmission period from the HRPD network if the neighbor RAT indicator indicates the transmission of the neighbor RAT message, the neighbor RAT message comprising neighbor RAT information, the neighbor RAT information including a RAT type and a neighbor RAT record, the RAT type indicating a type of a neighbor RAT, the neighbor RAT record indicating a record of the neighbor RAT.