Patent ID: 6791958
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In infrastructure equipment comprising a gateway node, a first access network controller and a first serving node serving a first coverage area and a second access network controller and a second serving node serving a second coverage area, a method of muting control information and bearer traffic received from a wireless communications device when the wireless device has moved from the first coverage area to the second coverage area, the method comprising the steps of:receiving control information and bearer traffic in the second access network controller from the wireless communications device; for a duration of a connection between the wireless communications device and the second access network controller, transmitting the control information received from the wireless communications device from the second access network controller to the first serving node for processing, wherein the bearer traffic is not transmitted to the first serving node and wherein the first serving node is the node through which the connection was established; and transmitting the bearer traffic from the second access network controller to the gateway node, wherein the control information received from the wireless communications device is not transmitted to the gateway node.