Patent ID: 8805379

Claim:
A method of operating a multimode third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) communications device capable of operating in either a 4G network or a 3G network when in an area with overlapping 3G and 4G coverage, the method comprising: responsive to a determination that each of a 3G base station and a 4G base station associated with an overlapping 3G and 4G coverage area are loaded less than a first user determined load factor, comparing, using a processor, one or more 4G Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) with one or more corresponding 3 GData Rate Control (DRC) indices stored in corresponding mapping tables in a memory; and based on a result of said comparing, determining a handoff of the dual mode communications device to a 3G base station associated with the 3G coverage or to a 4G base station associated with the 4G coverage.