InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 9,877,354
Heller January 23, 2018

Proxy mobile node capability for mobile IP


Abstract

A method and system are provided for transmitting information in a Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) environment, which includes a home agent (HA) provided at a home network, a base station (BS) broadcasting a pilot signal, a foreign agent (FA) provided at or associated with the BS, a mobile node (MN) providing the ability to detect and identify itself to a BS, a proxy mobile node (PMN) Identifying the MN wherein the PMN is provided at the BS. If the PMN identifies the MN, the PMN retrieves an IP address for each of the MN, FA and HA and sends a registration request to the FA. The FA relays the registration request to the HA, and the proxy MN is registered with the HA. Thus, the MN functionality is provided transparently to the MN by the PMN. This significantly simplifies the configuration of the MN and the Mobile IP network.



Inventors:
Heller; Howard Andrew (Indialantic, FL)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003077908

Appl. No.:
14/920,400

Filed:
October 22, 2015


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160050638 A1 Feb 18, 2016



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Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

11601891 Nov 20, 2006 9179431
09826060 Nov 21, 2006 7139833




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 80/04 (20130101); H04W 8/26 (20130101); H04W 68/00 (20130101); H04W 60/00 (20130101); H04W 88/182 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 80/04 (20090101); H04W 8/26 (20090101); H04W 60/00 (20090101); H04W 68/00 (20090101); H04W 88/18 (20090101)

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