Patent · US Expired

Mobile IP network system and connection switching method

US7009950B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2000
Grant dateMar 7, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/24
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a mobile IP network system containing a plurality of radio access networks 2 for connecting with mobile stations 1 via radio links and an IP network 102 connected with a plurality of packet nodes for transferring IP packets, each of the radio access networks has at least one base station controller 7 and at least one radio base station 6 connected to the base station controller. Each of the base station controllers 7 in the radio access network is connected to the plurality of packet nodes to each other via a network 104 and selects one of the plurality of packet nodes in accordance with a state of each mobile station to establish a logical connection to be used in IP packet communication of the mobile station.

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