Determining Suitability of an Access Network

A computer program product for operating a mobile terminal for use in a communication system comprising a first, packet-based network and a plurality of wireless access networks providing access to the first network;

• the computer program product comprising code embodied on a tangible computer-readable hardware medium and configured so as when executed on the mobile terminal to perform operations of:
• communicating with the first network by forming connections with the access networks using one or more transceivers of the mobile terminal;
• accessing a database recording motion information relating to motion of connection points of the wireless access networks;
• and
• determining one of the wireless access networks for use in accessing the first network, in dependence on the motion information accessed from said database relating to one or more of the wireless access networks.

A method for use in a communication system comprising a first, packet-based network and a plurality of wireless access networks providing access to the first network, a plurality of wireless local area networks providing access to the first network, and one or more wireless wide area networks providing access to the first network;

• the method comprising:
• communicating between a local transceiver of a mobile terminal and the first network by forming connections with the wireless local area networks;
• accessing a database recording motion information relating to motion of connection points of the wireless access networks;
• and
• determining one of the wireless access networks for use by the mobile terminal in accessing the first network, in dependence on the motion information accessed from said database relating to one or more of the wireless access networks;
• wherein the method comprises using the mobile terminal to determine motion information relating to a connection point as experienced by the mobile terminal, and to thereby dynamically record the determined motion information in the database;
• and
• wherein the method comprises using one or more of said connections to conduct a live packed-based voice or video call over the first network, and while the call is ongoing to use the mobile terminal to automatically select which of a plurality of available ones of said local area networks to use to connect to the first network to conduct said call, or whether to connect to the first network via one of the wireless wide area networks or one of the wireless local area networks to conduct the call, in dependence on the motion information accessed from said database relating to one or more of the wireless access networks.