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Service in WLAN inter-working, address management system, and method

  • US 8,374,580 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2011
  • Issued: 02/12/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An address management method which is used when a mobile terminal accesses a service from a WLAN access network, the service being provided in a 3GPP network, the address management method comprising:

  • a sending step in which the mobile terminal sends a tunnel setup request message from the WLAN access network to a network entity which is located in the 3GPP network, the tunnel setup request message including a service request identifier for accessing a requested service and a mobile terminal identifier; and

    an allocation step in which the network entity receives the tunnel setup request message, and allocates an address for use by the mobile terminal to access the requested service based on the service request identifier and the mobile terminal identifier.

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