Patent ID: 6742036
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for supporting mobility in the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:providing a terminal that is not connected to a home network of a mobile subscriber; inputting a subscriber identification for said mobile subscriber via said terminal; providing service readiness of said terminal for said mobile subscriber by interrogating an IP address for said mobile subscriber at a server agent in said home network of said mobile subscriber by an Internet access component with the aid of said subscriber identification; providing the server agent with an address pool of IP addresses; providing the server agent with an association table which stores allocations between subscriber identifications and IP addresses; associating by means of the address pool and the association table of the server agent an IP address with the subscriber identification of the mobile subscriber; returning from the server agent to the terminal the IP address associated with the subscriber identification of the mobile subscribers; transferring said interrogated IP address to a proxy node component of said terminal; and then setting up a communication relation to a home agent of said subscriber in accordance with the protocol of mobile IP.