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Reachability maintenance of a moving network based on temporary name identifiers

US8787390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company · GB

Inventors

Jochen Eisl · Garching bei München, DE
Eleanor Hepworth · Southampton, GB
Louise Krug · Ipswich, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 2004
Grant date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/00
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reachability service is provided to connect portable nodes of a moving network to at least one external, fixed network via at least one mobile router. Temporary name identifiers are allocated to the portable nodes and mapped to current reachable addresses of the portable nodes by at least one proxy name server.

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