Patent ID: 7974625

Claim:
A method for operating a wireless communication connection, having a first stationary radio transmitting/radio receiving device operating according to a first standard defining local area networks and providing a first coverage area of a local area network, and a second stationary radio transmitting/radio receiving device operating according to a second standard and providing a second radio coverage area, wherein the first and second radio coverage areas at least partially overlap, the method comprising: at a mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device operable according to the first and the second standards: measuring a variable indicating a quality of a radio connection operating according to the first standard, and transmitting a first message including a measurement result from the measuring of the variable and topology information relating to a local area network, the message transmitted to a central interface device located between the local area network and a switched telephone network; deciding, by the central interface device, if a changeover of an existing voice data communication connection from the first radio coverage area to the second radio coverage area should occur at least based on the first message; transmitting, by the central interface device, a second message to the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device suggesting a changeover of the existing voice data communication connection from the first radio coverage area to the second radio coverage area; receiving the second message by the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device; the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device evaluating information stored in the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device to determine whether the changeover suggested via the second message should be performed; if the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device determines that the suggested changeover should occur, the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device initiating the changeover; and if mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device determines that the suggested changeover should not occur, the mobile radio transmitting/radio receiving device does not initiate the suggested changeover; and wherein the first standard is different from the second standard.