Patent ID: 7426195

Claim:
A method for providing data services over a wireless communications network, said wireless communications network comprising a plurality of packet data servicing nodes (PDSN's), a plurality of packet control functions (PCFs), and a PCF-PDSN routing controller (PPRC), said method comprising: receiving a data session request from a mobile node; initiating a point-to-point connection between a PCF receiving said data session request and a PPRC; selecting, by said PPRC, one of said plurality of PDSNs; initiating a point-to-point connection between said PPRC and said selected PDSN; splicing a point-to-point connection between said receiving PCF and said selected PDSN; and commencing a point-to-point data session between said mobile node and said PDSN, wherein IP packets are routed over a public IP network.