Patent ID: 8441992

Claim:
An information server (IS) in a wireless communication system, the IS comprising: an event module configured to determine whether an updating of a network information of at least one access network (AN) is needed; a generator module configured to generate at least one Information_Get_Request packet for requesting the network information of the at least one access network when the updating is needed; a communication module configured to transmit at least one Information_Get_Request packet to the at least one access network; and a database (DB) module configured to store the network information within an Information_Get_Response packet received from the at least one access network, wherein the network information comprises characteristics of the at least one AN and characteristics of at least one Point of Access (PoA) associated with the at least one AN, and wherein the IS is configured to provide an information service that manages the network information associated with a Media Independent Handover (MIH) on a plurality of different networks.