Maintenance of data connections during the changeover of a communication access network

Abstract

A method for maintaining at least one data connection to a terminal during a changeover from a first communication access network to at least one second communication access network, comprising at least two private user identities and at least two IP addresses are allocated to the terminal in order to form a public user identity for the user of the terminal, wherein the terminal registers itself in an IP communication network in parallel per communication access network with in each case one private user identity and with the common public user identity and an IP address for the first communication access network and the at least one second communication access network.

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