Patent ID: 8811358

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a wireless network comprising a serving general packet radio service support node, a request to initiate an internet protocol session with a wireless terminal in communication with the wireless network, the request being received from the wireless terminal; determining that the wireless terminal is available; determining that the wireless terminal is internet protocol capable; determining that the wireless terminal does not have an internet protocol address; paging the wireless terminal over a control channel, wherein paging comprises sending a page comprising a standard instruction in a simple network management protocol to request that the wireless terminal obtain a temporary internet protocol address; receiving, at the serving general packet radio service support node, a request for the temporary internet protocol address from the wireless terminal; obtaining, by the serving general packet radio service support node, the temporary internet protocol address; assigning the temporary internet protocol address to the wireless terminal; and establishing the internet protocol session between the wireless network and the wireless terminal.