Patent ID: 8200221

Claim:
A communication system comprising: a network element; a mobile station; and a plurality of radio access means, wherein the plurality of radio access means is configured to provide communication services to the mobile station, wherein a radio access means of the plurality of radio access means includes a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of radio access means use different communication methods; wherein the network element is configured to calculate a weighting value for each of the plurality of radio access means based on provided information, wherein the provided information is associated with the plurality of radio access means and based on a plurality of parameters associated with each of the plurality of radio access means, wherein the network element is further configured to order the weighting values for the plurality of radio access means by ranking each of the plurality of radio access means for each of a plurality of services; wherein the network element is further configured to select a target radio access means of the plurality of radio access means based on the ordering; and wherein the network element is further configured to send a request to the mobile station to perform compressed mode measurements based on the selected target radio access means for selecting a cell associated with the selected target radio access means.