Patent ID: 8737984

Claim:
A method for controlling service flow identifier mobility for a mobile station on a wireless network, the method comprising: generating a structured service flow identifier, the structured service flow identifier having: a service flow identifier field, and a service flow granularity field, the service flow granularity field specifying service flow granularity for at least one backhaul data path, wherein the service flow granularity field has a plurality of different possible values, wherein the plurality of different possible values comprises: a granularity per service flow, a granularity per subscriber station, and a granularity per base station; mapping the structured service flow identifier to a connection identifier; in response to acceptance of a handover request at a target base station, remappinq the structured service flow identifier to a target base station connection identifier, the target base station connection identifier identifying a connection between the target base station and the mobile station; and establishing a level of service flow identifier mobility for the mobile station based on the structured service flow identifier.