Patent ID: 8184646
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications system operable to provide a facility for mobile communications to a mobile node, the system comprising a packet radio network comprising a core network and a radio network, the core network being arranged to communicate internet packets to and from the radio network in accordance with a location of the mobile node within the packet radio network, and the radio network being arranged to communicate the internet packets between the core network and the mobile node via a radio access interface, the core network and the radio network being arranged to communicate the internet packets in accordance with a current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network, established in accordance with the location of the mobile node, wherein the mobile node is arranged to generate a packet data context activation request in accordance with a packet context activation procedure for establishing a communications bearer for communicating the internet packets across the mobile radio network, the packet data context activation request comprising a QoS request and a service level identifier, the service level identifier representing a priority to be afforded to communicating internet packets to or from the mobile node with respect to the internet packets received from other mobile nodes, and to communicate the packet data context activation request to the core network of the packet radio network, wherein the core network is arranged to establish a communications bearer to and from the mobile node via the core network and the radio network in accordance with the packet data context activation request, and to alter the current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network following a change of location of the mobile node with a relative priority determined in accordance with the service level identifier.