Patent ID: 8891510

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: connection entities arranged for accessing a network via a group of first access paths of a first access technology and a group of second access paths of a second access technology different from said first access technology, an access path monitor for obtaining status information related to a status of one or more of said first access paths and one or more of said second access paths in accordance with a monitoring procedure, an access controller for selecting an access path for a communication session from among said first and second access paths in accordance with a selection procedure and in dependence on said status information, a modifier for modifying one or both of said monitoring procedure and said selection procedure in accordance with a modification procedure and in dependence on decision information, wherein said decision information comprises an indication of resources available to said communication system, and wherein the resources include at least one of a battery power level and a processing capacity; wherein modifying said monitoring procedure comprises modifying a frequency with which said status information is obtained; and wherein modifying said monitoring procedure comprises modifying a frequency with which said status information is forwarded from said access path monitor to said access controller.