Patent ID: 7710984
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in one of a plurality of tunnel servers of a serving network for facilitating a communication of user information between a host computer and at least one wireless communication device operative in a mobile communication network, where the serving network is not part of the mobile communication network and includes a network entry point device and a router between which the tunnel servers are connected, the router being operative to route communications between the tunnel servers and the mobile communication network, the method comprising the acts of; receiving, at the tunnel server, a tunnel request from the host computer through the network entry point device; establishing a tunnel connection having endpoints between the host computer and the tunnel server in response to the tunnel request; updating a local routing table to reflect the newly established tunnel connection; broadcasting, for receipt by at least one other tunnel server in the serving network, updated routing table information which reflects the newly established tunnel connection; and facilitating a communication of user information, through the tunnel server via the tunnel connection, and through the router, between the host computer and the wireless communication device operating in the mobile communication network.