Patent ID: 7333473

Claim:
A method for modifying the contents of a database of a communication network, the method comprising: configuring said database to be in or for at least one first network element and containing connection information sets for at least one user equipment; configuring the connection information sets to include one or more addresses of a second network element, and the connection information sets to correspond to active or activated connections; configuring the first network element to provide connections to and/or from the user equipment, and/or transmit data to and/or from the user equipment, using one or more of the addresses of the second network element included in the connection information sets; when the connection is to be continued using another network element, third network element, or using different connection information, sending a message containing change information to the first network element; and configuring the first network element to change, in response to this message, the address or addresses contained in at least two connection information sets, wherein the connection information sets are active packet data protocol contexts.