Patent ID: 8144607

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining, at a network node, position data of the network node, wherein the network node is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one mobile station; setting, at a managing node, at least one condition to be satisfied by the network node; transmitting, by the managing node, a request message containing the at least one condition; receiving, at the network node, the request message containing the at least one condition; evaluating, at the network node, the at least one condition contained in the request message; in response to the at least one condition being satisfied, replying, at the network node, with a reply message to the managing node containing at least an internet protocol address and the determined position data of the network node; and receiving at the managing node the reply message, wherein the request message is transmitted and received using a network implementing a second protocol and is addressed with an address applicable to the second protocol, wherein the reply message is replied to, received, and addressed using the second protocol over the network, wherein an internet protocol is different from the second protocol, wherein the network also implements the internet protocol, and wherein addresses for the internet protocol and the second protocol have different formats.