Method of locating and transferring session information between access nodes in a radio access network

摘要

In a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of access nodes, session information for a communication session is stored in one access node and may be requested by a peer access node. A requesting access node determines the location of session information based on the mobile station identifier associated with the communication session. If the session information is transferred to the requesting node, the requesting node may allocate a new mobile station identifier to the mobile station for the communication session.