Patent ID: 7554967
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a portable and/or mobile host that powers up in a foreign network to connect to the Internet, comprising the steps of creating a bootstrapping agent in the home network that works cooperatively with a Mobile IP home agent to initially allocate a temporary home address to said portable and/or mobile host that powers up in the foreign network, the portable and/or mobile host using the Mobile IP protocol to contact said Mobile IP home agent and request said bootstrapping agent to allocate said temporary home address to said portable and/or mobile host while the mobile host is in the foreign network; using in the foreign network, said temporary home address to create a temporary tunnel between a foreign agent associated with said portable and/or mobile host and said Mobile IP home agent, wherein said temporary tunnel is used to communicate configuration information including a permanent home address allocated by a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DCHP) server between the portable and/or mobile host and its home network, when the portable and/or mobile host powers up in the foreign network, thereby allowing the portable and/or mobile host that powers up in a foreign network to connect to the Internet; and replacing said temporary tunnel with a new tunnel between said mobile IP home agent and said foreign agent using said permanent home address, thereby allowing a mobile host without an IP home address to connect to the Internet when powering up in the foreign network.