Patent ID: 8064399
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving by a network device a Mobile IP registration request having one or more extensions including one or more attributes of a Mobile IP session, wherein the one or more extensions are not authentication extensions; identifying by the network device one or more rules to be applied to the Mobile Node; and executing by the network device one or more of the identified rules according to at least one of the one or more attributes of the Mobile IP session, wherein executing one or more of the identified rules blocks or prioritizes traffic of the Mobile Node during a Mobile IP session in accordance with the at least one of the one or more attributes of the Mobile IP session, wherein the at least one of the one or more attributes include a first set of one or more attributes provided in at least one of the extensions of the Mobile IP registration request by the Mobile Node; wherein the network device is a Home Agent or a Foreign Agent.