Patent ID: 9654963
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: assigning, at a visited network, an address for a visitor home agent, wherein the visitor home agent is associated with the visited network to which a mobile node is attached; assigning, at the visited network, at least a prefix portion of a home address for the mobile node; creating the home address for the mobile node by combining the prefix portion of the home address with an interface identifier, wherein the interface identifier is negotiated between the mobile node and a network access server in the visited network; receiving, at the visited network, a binding update from the mobile node, wherein the binding update includes the home address and a care-of address associated with the mobile node; and proceeding with communication using the visitor home agent and the home address, wherein proceeding with the communication includes routing packets, by the visitor home agent using the home address and the care-of address, between the mobile node and a correspondent node without accessing a home agent associated with a home network of the mobile node.