Patent ID: 7986948

Claim:
A method of communication, comprising: establishing, by a mobile device, a first air interface with a cellular network access point to support a call; establishing a network connection with a network device, wherein the network device comprises network-determined information corresponding to a WLAN access point associated with the network connection, wherein the network-determined information comprises loading on the WLAN access point and at least one network-determined quality metric of the WLAN access point; receiving the network-determined information; determining if the loading on the WLAN access point is below a loading threshold and if the at least one network-determined quality metric meets a first standard; measuring, by the mobile device, at least one local quality metric corresponding to the WLAN access point if the loading on the WLAN access point is below the loading threshold and if the at least one network-determined quality metric meets the first standard; determining if the at least one local quality metric meets a second standard; and triggering a handoff of the mobile device from the first air interface to a second air interface with the WLAN access point if the loading on the WLAN access point is below the loading threshold, if the at least one network-determined quality metric meets the first standard and if the at least one local quality metric meets the second standard.