Patent ID: 6940869

Claim:
In a packet radio communication system for communicating packet data, an improvement of a mobility manager for facilitating management of a mobility aspect of a mobile station operable in the packet radio communication system, the packet radio communication system having at least a first packet-data-system part and a second packet-data-system part which together form an integrated system of the packet radio communication system, the first packet-data-system part operable pursuant to standards defined by a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) specification and the second packet-data system part is operable pursuant to standards defined by a WLAN (wireless local area network) system specification, the second packet-data-system part including a first fixed-site transceiver and a second fixed-site transceiver that comprise access points with which the mobile station is selectably connectable by way of a radio link, said mobility manager comprising: a mapping table coupled between the first packet-data-system part and the second packet-data-system part, said mapping table for mapping identities of the access points comprising the first and at least second fixed-site transceivers defined pursuant to the WLAN system of the first packet-data-system part defined in the first packet-data-system part to corresponding identities defined pursuant to the GPRS specification by which the second packet-data-system part is operable.