METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING AN ONGOING COMMUNICATION OF USER INFORMATION BETWEEN A WIRELESS CONNECTION AND A WIRED CONNECTION

摘要

A mobile station (MS) ( 100 ) is capable of communicating user information through both a wireless connection ( 224 ) and a wired connection ( 222 ). The MS establishes ( 502 ), between the MS and a communication device coupled to the communication system, a first one of the wireless connection and the wired connection, the wired connection existing through a wired local area network (LAN). The MS communicates ( 504 ) a first portion of the user information between the MS and the communication device through the first one of the wireless connection and the wired connection. Subsequently, the MS establishes ( 506 ), between the MS and the communication device a second one of the wireless connection and the wired connection, the second one different from the first one. The MS then communicates ( 508 ) a second portion of the user information through the second one of the wireless connection and the wired connection.