The present invention relates to a location management system and a paging
server in an Internet Protocol, IP, communication network that is adapted
for wireless communication. The wireless IP network comprises multiple
routers wherein at least one of the routers is an access router adapted
for wireless communication with mobile nodes. The location management
system is divided into at least one location area manager, and at least
one regional location manager, the location area manager is a first
signaling server and the regional location manager is a second signaling
server, one of said location area manager and regional location manager
comprises means for maintaining a list of mobile nodes located within at
least one location area. The regional location manager comprises means
for managing location information within a single location management
region, and wherein the location area manager and regional location
manager are connected to each other and adapted to exchange information.
Furthermore, the paging server comprises means for obtaining location
management information from the location management system and means for
multicasting paging requests to the access routers wherein the access
routers is determined by using said location management information.