Patent ID: 6360257
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of managing a group of mobile end stations each of which contains a group Internet Protocol (IP) address that is common to mobile end stations of the group and is associated with a subscription-based service that is provided to the mobile end stations in the group by a server, the method comprising:routing IP traffic associated with the service through a wireless communication network to the group of mobile end stations in accordance with a point-to-multipoint communications scheme, the IP traffic provided to the group of mobile end stations containing the group IP address; determining that a further mobile end station is to join the group and be added as a subscriber to the subscription-based service; and adding the group IP address to the further mobile end station by using a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) manager that is located remotely from the further mobile end station to modify a variable stored in an SNMP agent to indicate that the further mobile end station is to receive IP traffic associated with the subscription-based service provided to the group of mobile end stations containing the group IP address, the SNMP agent provided in the further mobile end station.