Patent ID: 7733904

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a wireless communication device; a control server; a first device; a second device; said control server comprising; a first network interface operable to send and receive PPP over Ethernet PPPoE signaling messages to and from the wireless communication device; a second network interface operable to send and receive radio access network to packet data serving node R-P signaling messages to and from the second device; a first logic unit for translating said received PPPoE signaling messages to R-P signaling messages for transmission to the second device; a second logic unit for translating said received R-P signaling messages to PPPoE signaling messages for transmission to the wireless device; and wherein said first and second logic units are operable to establish a PPP session having said wireless communication device as a first end point and having, via said second device, said first device as a second end point of said PPP session.