A technique for performing a
context transfer from a first
session management entity to a second
session management entity in a mobile communication
system is provided, wherein the
context transfer concerns a data session associated with a
User Equipment, UE, wherein the data session is handled by the first
session management entity via a first gateway entity and wherein, after the
context transfer, the data session is to be handled by the second session management entity via a second gateway entity. A method implementation of the technique is performed by the second session management entity and comprises, while the UE is in an inactive state, triggering (S302) sending, to the second gateway entity, a session establishment request to establish a new session handling the data session via the second gateway entity, and triggering (S304) providing, to the second gateway entity, an old
Internet Protocol, IP, address assigned to the UE as part of an old session handling the data session via the first gateway entity, requesting the second gateway entity to assign the old
IP address to the UE as part of the new session, besides a new
IP address assigned to the UE as part of the new session, and, when the UE enters an
active state from the inactive state, triggering (S306) providing the new
IP address to the UE.