Patent ID: 8649352
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method operable in a communication network, said method comprising: updating a care of address for a regional address of a mobile node in a binding table in response to receiving a message from the mobile node; receiving a first redirected packet from a home agent, wherein the first redirected packet comprises a first packet addressed from a first correspondent node to a home address of a mobile node, wherein the home address comprises an address prefix at the home agent; receiving a second packet addressed from a second correspondent node to a regional address of the mobile node; processing the first redirected packet to generate a second redirected packet; processing the second packet to generate a third redirected packet, wherein processing the second packet comprises adding an address of a regional node and a mobile specific care of address into the third redirected packet; and concurrently transmitting the second and third redirected packets towards the mobile node via an access node using a destination address that comprises an address prefix at the access node.