Patent ID: 7685295

Claim:
A wireless network for supporting mobile unit segmentation for a plurality of mobile units in order to associate each mobile unit with virtual networking services (VNS), said network comprising: (a) a first radio unit for initiating the connection of the mobile unit to the network by transmitting and receiving communication data to and from the mobile unit, and for facilitating configuration of said mobile unit segmentation during the connection; (b) an access controller coupled to said radio unit and configured to: (i) receive said communication data from said radio unit during the connection of each mobile unit; (ii) determine a plurality of individual configurable VNS factors for the mobile unit communication session based on said communication data; (iii) associate the mobile unit with virtual networking services based on said individual configurable VNS factors; and (iv) establish a mobile unit communication session based on the individual configurable VNS factors discovered during the connection process such that the mobile unit communication session has the network characteristics defined by the assigned virtual networking services; and (c) a plurality of back-end networks, wherein said access controller restricts access by the mobile unit to one of said plurality of back-end networks through an Egress Interface/Virtual Router VNS parameter on basis of a USER ID VNS factor associated with the mobile unit.