Patent ID: 7590741
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication system for maintaining the identity of a mobile station in communications transmitted from the mobile station over a wireless network, the communication system comprising: a mobile packet communication network configured to provide a wireless connection with the mobile station as a function of mobile station data, wherein the mobile station data comprises identification data provided by the mobile station during formation of the wireless connection; a gateway coupled with the mobile packet communication network, the gateway configured to store the mobile station data; a wired communication network coupled with the gateway, wherein the gateway is configured to determine whether user data received from the mobile station after formation of the wireless connection already includes a first portion of the identification data provided by the mobile station during formation of the wireless connection; and in response to determination that the user data received from the mobile station after formation of the wireless connection fails to already include the first portion of the identification data provided by the mobile station during formation of the wireless connection, the gateway is further configured to add at least a second portion of the identification data to the user data received from the mobile station, wherein the gateway is further configured to relay the user data with the second portion of the identification data from the mobile packet communication network to the wired communication network.