Telecommunications system and method

A method of providing mobile communications to a mobile node using a packet radio network, the packet radio network including a core network and a radio network, the method comprising

• communicating internet packets to and from the radio network of the packet radio network in accordance with a location of a mobile node within the packet radio network,
• communicating the internet packets received by the radio network or communicated to the radio network, from and sent to the core network, to and from the mobile node via a radio access interface, the communicating the internet packets to and from the mobile node via the radio access interface, the radio network and the core network, being made in accordance with a current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network established in accordance with the location of the mobile node, wherein the current configuration of routing and communications resources are established in accordance with a location of the mobile including
• generating a packet data connection activation request using the mobile node in accordance with a packet connection procedure for establishing a communications bearer for communicating the internet packets across the mobile radio network,
• adapting the packet data connection activation request to include a service level identifier representing a priority to be afforded to the communicated internet packets with respect to the internet packets received from other mobile nodes, and
• communicating the packet data connection request to the core network of the packet radio network,
• establishing a communications bearer to and from the mobile node via the core network part and the radio network part in accordance with the packet data connection request, and
• adapting the current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network following a change of location of the mobile node with a relative priority determined in accordance with the service level identifier.

A mobile node operable to provide a facility for mobile communications by communicating internet packets to and from a packet radio network, the packet radio network including a core network and a radio network, the mobile node being operable

• to communicate internet packets to and from the radio network of the packet radio network, via a radio access interface, the radio network being arranged to communicate the internet packets received from and sent to the core network to and from the mobile node via the radio access interface, the core network and the radio network being arranged to communicate the internet packets in accordance with a current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network, established in accordance with the location of the mobile node,
• in accordance with a packet connection procedure for establishing a communications bearer for communicating the internet packets across the mobile radio network, to generate a packet data connection activation request, the packet data connection activation request being adapted to include a service level identifier representing a priority to be afforded to communicating internet packets by received by and transmitted from the mobile node with respect to the internet packets communicated by other mobile nodes, and
• to communicate the packet data connection request to the core network of the packet radio network.