摘要 |
<p>A method of protecting an identity of a mobile station in a communications network is provided, where the communications network includes an access node and a gateway node. The method includes receiving a first mobile station identifier value at the access node, storing the first value in the access node, receiving a second mobile station identifier value, correlating the second identifier value with the first identifier value in the access node, sending the first and second identifier values from the access node to the gateway node over an interface, storing the first identifier value and the second identifier value in the gateway node, and correlating the second identifier value with the first identifier value in the gateway node.</p> |