Patent ID: 8570936
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A packet radio communications system for communicating Internet packets to and/or from one or more mobile user equipment, the packet radio communications system comprising: a core network including a plurality of packet data networks, each including network communications elements configured to communicate Internet packets using an Internet protocol transport plane, and a gateway support node which is common to the plurality of packet data networks, the gateway support node configured to route the Internet packets to and from the one or more mobile user equipment via at least one packet data communications bearer established through the packet data networks using the network communications elements, a plurality of radio access networks, connected by the Internet protocol transport plane to the network communication elements of the packet data networks, for communicating the Internet protocol packets to and/or from the one or more mobile user equipment, each of the radio access networks configured to provide radio access bearers for communicating the Internet packets to and/or from the one or more mobile user equipment, and a packet service control subsystem function including an access network part and a non-access network part, the access network part being arranged to control a selection of the radio access networks for communicating the Internet packets via the radio access bearers and the non-access network part being arranged to control the communication of the Internet packets via the packet data communications bearers using the network communications elements of the packet data networks, wherein at least one of the plurality of packet data networks is arranged to operate in accordance with a telecommunications standard which is different from the telecommunications standard in accordance with which the plurality of packet data networks are arranged to operate.