Patent ID: 8412188

Claim:
A method of managing session information within a wireless communication system, comprising: establishing a first session in a first serving area of an access network, the first session associated with first session information including a first identifier that uniquely identifies an access terminal within the first serving area; determining that the access terminal has exited the first serving area and entered a second serving area of the access network; establishing a second session upon entry into the second serving area of the access network, the second session associated with second session information including a second identifier that uniquely identifies the access terminal within the second serving area; storing, responsive to the establishment of the second session, the first session information in association with a given period of time, the given period of time indicating a duration during which the first session information continues to be valid within the first serving area, and wherein the establishing the second session step corresponds to re-activating stored session information from a previous session in the second serving area if the access terminal previously visited the second serving area within a threshold period of time.