Abstract: A mobility manager provides mobility management of mobile nodes in accordance with bandwidth allocated from an access point. The mobility manager receives traffic shaping report messages from a traffic shaper within an access network of which the access point forms part, the traffic shaping report messages reporting on a current use of bandwidth for each of a plurality of different traffic types by one or more non mobility-managed mobile nodes which are not controlled by the mobility manager, and reporting on bandwidth used by one or more of the mobility-managed mobile nodes, which are managed by the mobility manager. The traffic pattern is adapted in accordance with a current use of bandwidth for the different traffic types by the non mobility-managed mobile node and is communicated to the traffic shaper for use in controlling the bandwidth of the access point in accordance with the adapted traffic pattern.

Abstract: A telecommunications system having a plurality of access networks, each of which can provide a facility for mobile terminals to communicate data in accordance with a communications service when in a coverage area provided by the access networks. The telecommunications system includes a mobility manager which receives network evaluation messages from a mobile terminal which provide an indication of a quality of communications available via a communications link with one or more of the plurality of access networks, which are currently available for communicating data. The mobility manager identifies one of the access networks with which the mobile terminal should be affiliated for communicating the data via a communications link provided with the access network based on an amount of power, which the mobile terminal may consume when communicating via the identified access network, and communicates an instruction to the mobile terminal to change affiliation to the identified access network.

Abstract: A mobility manager provides mobility management of mobile nodes, which have subscribed to an applications server for a communications service. The applications server is arranged to control a level of a service in accordance with bandwidth allocated to the applications server for the mobility-managed mobile nodes by the mobility manager from an access point to which the mobility-managed mobile nodes are attached. The mobility manager receives traffic shaping report messages from a traffic shaper within an access network. The traffic shaping reports report on a current use of bandwidth for each of a plurality of different traffic types by non mobility-managed mobile nodes, which are not controlled by the mobility manager. The traffic shaping reports also report on bandwidth used by one or more mobility-managed mobile nodes, which are managed by the mobility manager.