Patent ID: 8532663
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a first base station, comprising: receiving an indication that an access terminal has requested a physical link with the first base station; creating a tunnel between a home agent corresponding to said access terminal and said first base station through which the home agent can direct data to the access terminal by way of the first base station; receiving an indication that the first base station is to act as a regional home agent; acting as the regional home agent with respect to the access terminal and a second base station; wherein acting as the regional home agent with respect to the access terminal includes: relaying a first subset of data received from the home agent to the access terminal by way of a tunnel between the first base station and the second base station; and receiving from said second base station a Care of Address (CoA) associated with the second base station and an alternate Care of Address associated with the first base station.