A communications network (10) advantageously provides wireless telephony
service to a mobile terminal user (16) from one of a first radio access
mechanism (18, 20) of a wireless telephony network (12) and a second
radio access mechanism (30, 32) of a wireless Local Area Network (14).
The first radio access mechanism provides service at a first quality of
service (QoS) level specified in a primary Packet Data Protocol (PDP)
context established with the mobile terminal user during which the mobile
terminal user is assigned an address for data communication. When the
mobile terminal user transitions from the first access node to the second
access node, the user receives service in accordance with a secondary PDP
context activated by the mobile terminal user. The secondary PDP context
specifies the same data address as the primary PDP context but a
different QoS level.