Patent ID: 7885236

Claim:
A method of performing a handover to at least a homogeneous or heterogeneous network in a multi-mode mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving a first message from an upper layer module of the multi-mode mobile terminal to command power up at a media independent handover (MIH) module, wherein the first message indicates a specified link to be powered up, and wherein the MIH module is configured to converge information received from at least one network interface module of the multi-mode mobile terminal corresponding to at least the homogeneous or heterogeneous network into a unified presentation to be provided to the upper layer module; sending a second message to power up the specified link to one of the at least one network interface module upon receipt of the first message, wherein the one of the at least one network interface module corresponds to the specified link; performing a powering up operation on the one of the at least one network interface module; and transmitting a confirmation message from the one of the at least one network interface module for indicating a status of the powering up operation to the MIH module.