摘要 |
<p>A wireless access point ( 102 ) detects an indicia of a change in wireless connectivity of a mobile station ( 101 ) with respect to itself and another wireless access point ( 103 ). The wireless access point then automatically effects at least one of establishing a communication between itself and the second wireless access point regarding the change in wireless connectivity and/or establishing a temporary data tunnel as between itself and the second wireless access point. These network elements can also act to automatically establish a data flow path for the mobile station as between the second wireless access point and a network element (such as a mobility management agent ( 105 )) that is external to the common subnet. In a preferred approach this comprises, at least in part, automatically sending a registration request to the network element other than in response to a specific request from the mobile station to send such a registration request.</p> |