Patent ID: 9137705
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a home agent (HA) configured to initiate a flow binding operation for a mobile node (MN) that is associated with a home address by sending a flow binding indication (FBI) message to the MN and receiving a flow binding acknowledgement (FBA) message from the MN, wherein the FBI message comprises at least one mobility option that indicates the flow binding operation to the MN, wherein the FBI message from the HA to the MN indicates that the MN should perform the flow binding operation by moving a flow from a first interface associated with a first access network to a second interface associated with a second access network, wherein the flow binding operation does not result in a change to the home address, wherein the HA receives the FBA message from the MN in response to the FBI message, and wherein the FBI message is not responsive to a binding update message from the MN.