MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS

摘要

A method of allocating an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a mobile wireles s terminal (7) within a mobile telecommunications network. The network repeatedly broadcasts, over a radio broadcast channel of the network, a routing prefix corresponding to the Radio Network Controller (RNC) ID. Mobil e terminals (7) listen to the broadcast channel, either when registering with the network or subsequently thereto, to determine the routing prefix. A mobi le terminal (7) combines the routing prefix with a host port to generate an IP address for subsequent Internet sessions.