Patent ID: 8619629
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal moving in a local mobility domain in which network-based mobility management is performed and which supports multihoming, the mobile terminal comprising: a plurality of communication interfaces which enable transmission and reception of packets through a plurality of paths and which respectively correspond to the plurality of paths; and a capability information notification unit, including a processor, configured to, in connecting at least one of the plurality of communication interfaces to one of connection nodes functioning as connection points in the local mobility domain, notify an entity in the local mobility domain of information indicating whether or not the connection node to which at least two of the plurality of communication interfaces are to be connected supports a multihoming function which includes a function of notifying the entity in the local mobility domain of information to allow the entity in the local mobility domain to perform a simultaneous binding registration to hold multiple binding entries related to the mobile terminal.