Patent ID: 6370118
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of simultaneously establishing a PPP link between a wireless communication device and an interworking function (IWF) on a Um interface, and between said wireless communication device and a TE2 device over a Rm interface, said method comprising:receiving, in said wireless communication device, a Configure-Request packet over said Rm interface; determining whether all configuration options included in said Configure-Request packet are supported by said wireless communication device; creating and sending a Configure-Reject packet when said determining determines that at least one of said configuration options included in said Configure-Request packet is not supported by said wireless communication device; framing said Configure-Request packet in a PPP frame and transmitting said PPP frame over said Um interface, when said determining determines that all of said configuration options in said Configuration Request packet are supported; storing, in a memory, a Configure-Request ID, included in said Configure-Request packet, when said determining determines that all of said configuration options in said Configure-Request packet are supported receiving a Configuration-Ack packet over said Um interface; framing said Configuration-Ack packet in said PPP frame and sending said PPP frame including said Configuration-Ack packet over said Rm interface; receiving a Configuration-Ack packet over said Rm interface; framing said Configuration-Ack packet in said PPP frame; and sending said PPP frame including said Configuration-Ack packet over said Um interface.