Patent ID: 8909750

Claim:
A method of disconnecting hosts from a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a Gateway Mobile Station (G-MS) management entity, a G-MS exit network instruction indicating that a gateway mobile station is exiting the network, wherein a plurality of host devices are using the gateway mobile station to connect to the network, the host devices being separate and distinct from the gateway mobile station, and wherein the G-MS exit network instruction includes a G-MS identifier (ID) of the gateway mobile station but excludes host identifiers (IDs) of the plurality of host devices using the gateway mobile station to connect to the network; mapping, by the G-MS management entity, the G-MS ID to a host context information, wherein the host context information comprises the host IDs of the plurality of host devices and one or more host network management entity IDs of one or more host network management entities; and sending, by the G-MS management entity, one or more host exit network instructions carrying the host IDs to the one or more host network management entities according to the one or more host network management entity IDs, wherein the one or more host exit network instructions initiate a process of disconnecting the plurality of host devices from the network.