Patent ID: 6094424
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method of rerouting a virtual circuit in a network for ATM communications, the virtual circuit including at least one switch, wherein a mobile device is wirelessly coupled to the network via basestations, each of the basestations having a corresponding predetermined cell boundary in the network, the method comprising a three-way handshake including:an aggregate registration request from the mobile device to a first basestation;a reply from the first basestation to the mobile device;an acknowledgment from the mobile device to the first basestation; wherein,if the three-way handshake is completed, a rebuild request from the first basestation is sent to a second basestation, the rebuild request including call reference values for a rerouted virtual circuit; andmodifying the call reference values in the second basestation.