Patent ID: 6898640
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for relaying, at a mobile packet communication network, application data between a mobile station and a content provider server, comprising the steps of: in response to receipt of a packet communication registration request from the mobile station, identifying the mobile station based on an originator ID of the mobile station included in the packet communication registration request; if the mobile station is successfully identified, establishing, without performing either an LCP negotiation or an IPCP negotiation, a packet communication link between the mobile station and the mobile packet communication network, which implements packet communications between the mobile station and the mobile packet communication network, wherein headers added to the application data through the packet communication link dispense with an packet protocol identifier and IP addresses of the mobile station and the content provider server; establishing, over the packet communication link, a logical communication connections between the mobile station and the mobile communication network in response to receipt from the mobile station of a connection setup request that includes a URL of the content provider server in a data field thereof, wherein a header added to the application data through the logical communication connection comprises a logical number that identifies the logical communication connection and dispenses with port identifiers of the mobile station and the content provider server; establishing a TCP/IP connection with the content provider server; receiving the application data from the content provider through the TCP/IP connection; and sending the received application data to the mobile station through the packet communication link and the logical communication connection.