Patent ID: 9750071
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for communication between a user equipment and a home agent via (i) a first access network and (ii) a second access network, the method comprising: transmitting a first binding update message from the user equipment over the first access network to set up a first binding cache entry at the home agent, wherein the first access network is a foreign link for the user equipment; subsequent to transmitting the first binding update message, transmitting a second binding update message from the user equipment over the second access network to set up a second binding cache entry at the home agent, wherein the second access network is a home link for the user equipment; and based on the first binding cache entry and the second binding cache entry, respectively receiving, by the user equipment from the home agent, (i) a first plurality of packets through the first access network and (ii) a second plurality of packets through the second access network.