Patent ID: 6366561
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a decentralized serving network of a wireless telecommunications system, wherein said decentralized serving network comprises a plurality of entities and wherein a first entity of said plurality of entities contains an anchor point and wherein said decentralized serving network also comprises a plurality of routers, and wherein said decentralized serving network also comprises a plurality of service devices for providing standardized services for a plurality of access terminals, and wherein said anchor point is in communications with a service device of said plurality of service devices, a method for relocating said anchor point to a second entity of said plurality of entities, the method comprising the steps:transmitting at least one relocation message between said first entity and said second entity; copying a set of components of said anchor point from said first entity to said second entity, in accordance with said at least one relocation message; and transmitting one or more standard routing messages from one or more entities of said plurality of entities, wherein said standard routing messages indicate to one or more routers of said plurality of routers that packets containing a destination address associated with said anchor point should be routed to said second entity.