Patent ID: 6904034

Claim:
A method of communicating data between a Base Station System (BSS) and a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), each having a Network Service Virtual Connection (NS-VC) table and each utilizing an opposite mode of communication, the method comprising the steps of: sending an indicator indicating a first or second mode of communication, the first mode of communication utilizes associating a first User Datagram Protocol (UDP) with a first Network Service Entity (NSE) and associating a first Internet Protocol (IP) with a first Network Service Virtual Connection (NS-VC), the second mode of communication utilizes associating a second UDP with a second NS-VC and associating a second IP with a second NSE; receiving the indicator; sending an NS-VC table in response to receiving the indicator if the indicator indicates the second mode of communication; and communicating a data packet comprising the first UDP and the first IP or the second UDP and the second IP.