System and method for avoiding triangulation delay in a telecommunications network

For use in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of packet data service nodes and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein each packet data service node in said plurality of packet data service nodes is capable of communicating with at least one mobile station, an apparatus for avoiding triangulation delay when a first mobile station sends data packets to a second mobile station, said apparatus comprising:

• a data base coupled to each of said plurality of packet data service nodes, said data base capable of sending data packets from a first packet data server node that serves said first mobile station to a second packet data server node that serves said second mobile station.

A method for avoiding triangulation delay in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of packet data service nodes and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein each packet data service node in said plurality of packet data service nodes is capable of communicating with at least one mobile station, and wherein a first mobile station sends data packets to a second mobile station, said method comprising the steps of:

• coupling an interface to a first packet data service node that serves said first mobile station and to a second packet data service node that serves said second mobile station;
• and
• sending information concerning said second mobile station through said interface from said second packet data service node to said first packet data service node.