Patent ID: 6799204
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In an IP based network, a method for rapidly and dynamically registering and configuring a mobile client in a new network domain, said mobile client having traveled from a prior network domain to said new network domain and said network domains including edge routers and controllers comprising servers and domain agents, said servers having a server port and said mobile clients having a client port and an advertisement port and said servers having a pool of IP addresses and configuration parameters, said method comprising the steps of:a server performing an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) check on said server's IP address pool to provide a pool of valid IP addresses; a mobile client sending a request for an IP address to said server; said server receiving the request message from said client at a server port; and said server sending a valid IP address from said pool of valid IP addresses at said server to a client port of said mobile client, whereby said mobile client does not need to perform itself ARP checking of said valid IP address.