Patent ID: 9112664
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request for allocation of a logical home agent for a mobile node in response to detecting a dynamic home agent triggering event, wherein the registration request comprises at least one Quality of Service (QoS) requirement; identifying a current home agent and at least one network resource capable of acting as a logical home agent; obtaining at least one performance metric associated with the current home agent and at least one performance metric associated with the at least one network resource, wherein obtaining the at least one performance metric comprises: determining a validity of the at least one stored performance metric; performing, in response to determining an invalid at least one stored performance metric, one or more performance tests to determine at least one updated performance metric; and substituting the at least one updated performance metric for the at least one stored performance metric; determining whether the current home agent performance metric or at least one network resource performance metric meets the at least one QoS requirement; and assigning at least one of the current home agent or the at least one network resource as a logical home agent based on the determination.