Patent ID: 8982835
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for indicating that a point of attachment has been altered, comprising: receiving, at a first access node, a first resource state associated with a requester that creates and sends a quality of service request on behalf of a wireless terminal, the requester being remotely located from the wireless terminal, wherein the first resource state is received from a second access node, the requester being separate from the second access node, the requester comprising an application server that provides a traffic flow associated with the quality of service request, wherein the first resource state comprises a network address of the requester and data structures corresponding to quality of service support for the traffic flow, the traffic flow being associated with the wireless terminal; and generating, by the first access node, a move indication and providing the requester with the move indication after a point of attachment for the first resource state has been changed to the first access node, wherein the move indication informs the requester that the point of attachment with respect to the first resource state associated with the wireless terminal has previously been changed to the first access node.