Patent ID: 7508793
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A Virtual Mobile Anchor Point (VMAP) in a Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (MIPv6) network for increasing efficiency of handover of a Mobile Node (MN) from a first Access Router (AR 1 ) to a second Access Router (AR 2 ), wherein the VMAP is hierarchically below a Mobile Anchor Point (MAP) and above the AR 1 and wherein the MN has a Regional Care-of Address (RCoA) valid under the MAP and a first Local Care-of Address (LCoA) valid under the AR 1 , the VMAP comprising: an imprOved Micro Mobility Management (OMM) Function capable of: a VMAP Binding Cache Entry (VBCE) for the MN comprising at least: wherein computing the LCoA