Patent ID: 8010150

Claim:
A network component for use within a multi-operator wireless communication system having a plurality of wireless communication networks and at least one mobile ambient network (MAN), which includes at least one user terminal, the network component comprising: a MAN negotiator assigned to a particular MAN and operative to communicate with one or more of the wireless communication networks on behalf of the MAN via a non-wireless connection to select a particular wireless communication network to handle a wireless communication session of the MAN and to enable an establishment of a wireless connection between the particular wireless communication network and the MAN, wherein the establishment of the wireless connection comprises an establishment of a security association, an establishment of a billing relationship, a negotiation of services, or a negotiation for sharing resources, wherein the MAN negotiator is operative to communicate with the MAN via at least one of a secure and a trusted connection via a wireless communication link, and the MAN negotiator is controllable by the MAN via a dedicated control channel.