Utilization of multiple access points to support multiple applications and services
AssigneeVerizon Corporate Resources Group LLC
InventorsXuming Chen, Imtiyaz Shaikh
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Abstract
A method that includes establishing a connection with a default access point, transmitting a request to access or utilize an application, a service, or a resource, receiving a response to the request that includes a location of a serving access point that provides the application, the service, or the resource, establishing a connection with the serving access point, and receiving an assignment of a network address that is anchored by the serving access point.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing, by a user device, a connection with a default access point;
- transmitting, by a user device to the default access point, a request to access or utilize an application, a service, or a resource;
- receiving, by the user device from the default access point, a response to the request that includes a location of a serving access point that provides the application, the service, or the resource;
- establishing, by the user device, a connection with the serving access point based on the location;
- and
- receiving, by the user device, an assignment of a network address that is anchored by the serving access point.
A method performed by one or more devices comprising:
- receiving a request to access or utilize an application, a service, or a resource;
- determining which of a plurality of access points can provide the application, the service, or the resource requested;
- and
- transmitting a response including a location of one of the plurality of access points determined to provide the application, the service, or the resource requested, where one of the one or more devices includes a home agent that corresponds to one of the plurality of access points, and where the request is received by the home agent.
A user device comprising:
- one or more components to:
- transmit, to a default access point, a request to access or utilize an application, a service, or a resource;
- receive, from the default access point, a response to the request that includes a location of a serving access point that provides the application, the service, or the resource;
- connect to the serving access point according to the location of the serving access point;
- and
- access or utilize the application, the service, or the resource via the serving access point.
A network device comprising:
- one or more components to:
- receive a request to access or utilize an application, a service, or a resource;
- determine which of a plurality of access points can provide the application, the service, or the resource requested;
- transmit a response to the request that includes a location of one or more of the plurality of access points determined to provide the application, the service, or the resource requested.
A computer-readable memory containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable memory storing one or more instructions for:
- connecting to a default access point;
- receiving a network address that is anchored by the default access point;
- transmitting to the default access point a request to access or utilize an application, a service or a resource;
- receiving from the default access point a response that includes a network address of a serving access point that provides the application, the service, or the resource;
- connecting to the serving access point;
- receiving a network address that is anchored by the serving access point;
- and
- accessing or utilizing the application, the service, or the resource via the serving access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.