Communication system, gateway equipment, communication method and authentication method
US7328014B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication method and system allowing MN (mobile nodes) to acquire a home address in a visited network. The communication system includes a home network installed with a home agent for holding mobile terminal location information and, a visited network installed with a radio communications device for communicating with that mobile terminal, and gateway equipment in the visited network for forming an interface with the home network. The radio communication device includes an access request transfer unit for forwarding access requests from a mobile terminal of the visited network to the gateway equipment which makes an acquisition request to the home agent for an identifier of that mobile terminal, and forwards that acquired identifier to that mobile terminal.
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