Patent ID: 8036204
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal in a packet communications system in which a control apparatus implements routing control of a received packet directed for the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising: a plurality of network interface cards; a communication manager configured to select at least one network interface card from the plurality of network interface cards, in accordance with information regarding the network interface card; and an upper layer manager configured to receive the packet transmitted from the control apparatus, with using a selected network interface card, and wherein a plurality of home agents, which each correspond to a different network, are configured to implement routing control of a received packet destined for the mobile terminal, in accordance with each home address and each care-of address, in the packet communications system; each of the plurality of network interface cards is configured to be connectable to the plurality of home agents; and the upper layer manager comprises: a manager configured to associate each of the network interface cards with a different one of each of the home addresses respectively corresponding to each one of the plurality of home agents; and an instructor configured to instruct the plurality of home agents to transfer the packet destined for the mobile terminal to a home address associated with the selected network interface card.