Multi-Protocol Label Switching Support for Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version 6
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYangsong Xia, Behcet Sarikaya
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Abstract
A mobility access gateway (MAG) comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a multi-protocol label switched (MPLS) tunnel with a local mobility agent (LMA), and establishing communications with a plurality of mobile nodes (MNs) associated with a plurality of service providers, wherein a plurality of packets destined for the LMA comprise a label that distinguishes between the service providers. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving a packet destined for a MN, adding an inner label to the packet, wherein the inner label is associated with the MN, and adding a tunnel label to the packet.
Claims12
A mobility access gateway (MAG) comprising:
- at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising:
- establishing a multi-protocol label switched (MPLS) tunnel with a local mobility agent (LMA);
- and
- establishing communications with a plurality of mobile nodes (MNs) associated with a plurality of service providers,
- wherein a plurality of packets destined for the LMA comprise a label that distinguishes between the service providers.
A method comprising:
- receiving a packet destined for a mobile node (MN);
- adding an inner label to the packet, wherein the inner label is associated with the MN;
- and
- adding a tunnel label to the packet.
A network comprising:
- a mobility access gateway (MAG) in communication with a mobile node (MN) and a local mobility anchor (LMA),
- wherein the MAG is configured to establish a multi-protocol label switched (MPLS) tunnel with the LMA and send a plurality of data packets to the LMA via the MPLS tunnel, and
- wherein the data packets comprise a label that indicates a service provider associated with the MN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.