FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: method and apparatus for call reception in multimode wireless networks are disclosed. The invention relates to wireless data communication networks. The method and apparatus enable a mobile device to receive call notifications from multiple networks. In one version of the present invention, a first device connected to a first network momentarily ignores the first network to monitor a second network instead. The first device identifies and prioritises a list of applications of the first network; the prioritised list allows the first device to interrupt one of its lower priority tasks to monitor the second network for call messages instead. The described methods and apparatus enable a GSM call for Class B cellular devices which are connected to GPRS NMO-2 type networks. The Class B cellular device can ignore certain GPRS data, which are tolerant to error, to decode GSM call channels, which would otherwise be missed.
EFFECT: receiving and transmitting data while improving quality of service, performing call operations while enabling switch from one network to another.
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