Patent ID: 7730189
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: assigning first and second identifiers to a session between an access terminal and a first device of a wireless network, the first identifier being associated with the access terminal and the second identifier corresponding to a communication path between the first device and a second device of the wireless network, the communication path being configured to transport data corresponding to the session; establishing a relationship between the first identifier and the second identifier, wherein establishing the relationship comprises incorporating into the first identifier information corresponding to a number of times the first device was rebooted; extracting a reboot value from the second identifier, the second identifier included in a data packet received from the second device; comparing the reboot value to a reboot count received from the first device; and determining that the first identifier was assigned before the first device was last rebooted if the reboot count is greater than the reboot value.