Patent ID: 8315627
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing access for a mobile node configured to communicate by different access technologies to a communication network comprising multiple access networks operating according to different access technologies, and upon an access request of the mobile node at a first access network authenticating the mobile node, irrespective of whether the mobile node is authenticated and whether the access request is granted, fetching preparation information related to the mobile node, and preparing the access networks other than the first access network to provide access for the mobile node in case of a handover of the mobile node to one of the other access networks, comprising distributing to these other access networks of the communication network the preparation information to prepare the other access networks, wherein the distributing is effected on the basis of smaller network areas into which the access networks are divided on the basis of current connectivity conditions, and wherein the distributing the preparation information is performed to a set of most probable network areas of the smaller network areas for a handover.