Patent ID: 6845094
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A fully end to end IP enabled wireless mobile network wherein each of a plurality of mobile hosts has an associated permanent IP address, and wherein a dynamic IP address space is used to address the mobile hosts in order to facilitate mobility management, comprising: a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled with each other via a back bone, each of said base stations having an associated coverage area, and being associated with a portion of the dynamic IP address space, and also being capable of wireless communication with associated local mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area, and being operative to allocate dynamic IP addresses from said associated portion of said dynamic IP address space for corresponding ones of said associated local mobile hosts, and each of said base stations is further operative to receive first packets via said back bone, each of said first packets carrying a dynamic IP address of an associated destination one of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being operative to translate said dynamic IP addresses carried by said first packets to the permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts.