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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsPascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Marco Molteni
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A gateway, configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, is configured for registering the mobile routers with their respective home agents using a prescribed mobile IP protocol. The gateway identifies the mobile routers using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol. The gateway locates, for each identified mobile router, its corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol, and registers the corresponding identified mobile router with the home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protcol. The gateway can then forward a packet received from a home agent to the corresponding mobile router. Hence, the gateway provides mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network with access to the wide area network, without any necessity for the prescribed mobile IP protocol to be implemented within the mobile routers.
A method in a gateway, configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the method comprising:
A gateway configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the gateway comprising:
A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network by a gateway, the sequences of instructions including instructions for performing the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.