Handover of mobile node to a new access router
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorDirk Trossen
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for handing over a mobile node from a first access router to a second access router. This may include moving a mobile node from a first geographic location associated with the first access router to a second geographic location associated with the second access router. A request message may then be sent from the second access router to the mobile node. A connectivity report may then be sent from the mobile node to the second access router.
Claims31
A method of handing over a mobile node from a first access router to a second access router comprising:
- sending a request message from the second access router to the mobile node;
- and
- in response to the received request message, sending a connectivity report from the mobile node to the second access router.
A method comprising:
- moving a mobile node from a first geographic location associated with a first access router to a second geographic location associated with a second access router;
- sending a request message from the second access router to the mobile node;
- and
- sending a connectivity report from the mobile node to the second access router.
A mobile IP network comprising:
- a first access router;
- a second access router coupled to the first access router;
- and
- a mobile node, wherein upon the mobile node moving to a geographic location associated with the second access router, the second access router sends a request message to the mobile node requesting a connectivity report.
An access router having a processor that executes computer-readable instructions for performing a method of handing over a mobile node from another access router, the method comprising:
- performing handover of the mobile node from the another access router;
- sending a request message from the access router to the mobile node;
- and
- receiving a connectivity report from the mobile node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.