Patent ID: 6707809
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method of forwarding data from a source of said data to an idle mobile node, comprising the steps of:forwarding said data from said source of said data to a home agent for said mobile node; wherein a current foreign agent serving said mobile node is not known due to said mobile node being in an idle state; storing a mobility binding record for idle mobile nodes; identifying from said mobility binding record a foreign agent with which said mobile node last initiated a connection; transmitting a page request to said identified foreign agent, said identified foreign agent responsively initiating a page of said mobile node, said mobile node responding to said page and registering with said identified foreign agent, thereby changing from an idle state to an active state; transmitting an address associated with said identified foreign agent to said home agent; and forwarding said data from said home agent to said identified foreign agent for transmission to said mobile node.