Patent ID: 7606190

Claim:
A method for facilitating operations in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN), the method comprising: establishing a dedicated connection between a mobile station (MS) and the UMAN via a UMA network controller (UNC); establishing a TCP (transmission control protocol) session between the MS and the UNC; sending unlicensed mobile access (UMA) radio link control (URLC) messages between the MS and the UNC to facilitate corresponding operations, each URLC message including, a protocol discriminator; and a message type via which the message may be identified; and transferring GPRS (general packet radio service) signaling or SMS (short message service) messages between the MS and UNC using a URLC DATA message, the URLC DATA message including an encapsulated Logical Link Control Packet Data Unit (LLC PDU) comprising signaling or SMS data to be transferred.