Patent ID: 7904088

Claim:
A method for identifying resources in a cellular network, comprising: communicating first packet-switched data between a mobile station and a first cell using a first value of a first identifier and a first value of a local type of a second identifier, wherein the mobile station is identified using the first value of the first identifier, and further wherein resources allocated for packet-switched services for the mobile station are identified using the first value of the local type of the second identifier; communicating second packet-switched data between the mobile station and the first cell using a value of a handover type of the second identifier different from the first value of the local type of the second identifier, wherein the resources allocated for the packet-switched services for the mobile station in the first cell are identified using the value of the handover type of the second identifier; communicating third packet-switched data between the mobile station and a second cell using the value of the handover type of the second identifier, wherein the resources allocated for the packet-switched services for the mobile station in the second cell are identified using the value of the handover type of the second identifier; and communicating fourth packet-switched data between the mobile station and the second cell using a second value of the first identifier and a second value of the local type of the second identifier different from the value of the handover type of the second identifier, wherein the mobile station is identified using the second value of the first identifier, and further wherein resources allocated for packet-switched services for the mobile station are identified using the second value of the local type of the second identifier.