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Enabling simultaneous use of home network and foreign network by a multihomed mobile node

US8078753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Jens Bachmann · Langen, DE
Kilian Weniger · Langen, DE
Rolf Hakenberg · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2006
Grant date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W80/04
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method performed by a home agent serving a mobile node in a home network of the mobile node upon attachment of a mobile node to the home network as well as to the home agent. Further, the invention also relates to a method for enabling simultaneous use of a plurality of interfaces by a mobile node being attached to a home network through one of the plurality of interfaces and to at least one foreign network through at least another interface of the plurality of interfaces. Moreover, the invention provides a mobile node and a proxy acting on behalf of the mobile node. To enable a mobile node to use a home network and at least one further foreign network for communications the invention suggests the registration of the mobile node's home address or of a network node within its home network as a care-of address in the home network.

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