Patent ID: 8644215
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system to provide a generic mechanism by which a mobile wireless device discovers relevant available services, the system comprising: the mobile wireless device configured to communicate in a WiMAX network via an IEEE 802.16-compliant wireless communication protocol; and a base station configured to transmit via the wireless communication protocol to the mobile wireless device a list of addresses, wherein addresses, in the list of addresses, correspond to servers to provide respective services to the mobile wireless device, the addresses communicated in one or more option fields selected based on a connection type from a plurality of connection types, wherein the plurality connection types include CMIPvx or PMIpvx types, where ‘x’ is an integer, and wherein the mobile wireless device uses at least one of the services by accessing the corresponding address provided in the list of addresses.