Patent ID: 8179888

Claim:
A telecommunications system for communicating internet packet data in accordance with a first internet protocol via a packet radio network operable in accordance with a second internet protocol, the system comprising a user equipment operable to request a bearer for communicating internet protocol data according to the second internet protocol to and from a gateway support node of the packet radio network, the gateway support node being operable to establish a tunnelling protocol bearer for communicating the internet packet data to and from the user equipment across the packet radio network, wherein the user equipment is operable in combination with the gateway support node to form an address which is compatible with the first internet protocol, the address including an interface identifier having a tunnel endpoint identifier of the tunnelling protocol bearer which ends at the gateway support node of the packet radio network, and to communicate internet packet data to and from a correspondent node via the gateway support node and the established bearer using an internet protocol address which is compatible with the first internet protocol.