Patent ID: 8483687

Claim:
An arrangement for radio network relocation of a mobile station from a first base station controller to a second base station controller, the arrangement comprising: a first component configured to anchor one or more Serving Support Node functions with respect to the first base station controller notwithstanding relocating the mobile station to the second base station controller; and a second component configured to relocate one or more Radio Network Control functions from the first base station controller to the second base station controller when relocating the mobile station to the second base station controller; such that Serving Support Node functions and Radio Network Control functions are split between the first and second base station controllers upon relocating the mobile station from the first base station controller to the second base station controller, wherein the first base station controller is integrated with a Serving Support Node apparatus configured to provide Serving Support Node functions in a single entity and provides user plane and signaling paths directly to a Radio Network Control component in the second base station controller.