Patent ID: 8582473

Claim:
A gateway comprising: an interface configured to transmit and receive data; a memory configured to store subscriber profile information and software for providing services to mobile nodes; an IP services gateway (IPSG) manager that is configured to activate sessions for mobile nodes based on incoming packets received at the interface, and to obtain information from the received packets in order to link the received packets to a subscriber profile associated with a mobile node and to set up provision of at least one service to the received packets; a session manager that is configured to obtain the subscriber profile information based on information received from the IPSG, to recognize the received packets on a subscriber session basis, and to direct the received packets to corresponding functions or servers for processing the packets in accordance with services specified in the subscriber profile information, the session manager configured to manage the provision of a single service and configured to manage the provision of multiple services to packets; and a network processing unit (NPU) that is configured to direct the received packets to the session manager so services can be provided to the received packets.