Patent ID: 8634344
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A media access gateway comprising: a wireless network interface configured to establish a wireless link with a wireless terminal; an address assignment module configured to receive an address request message from the wireless terminal, the address request message including a mobility signal; a proxy mobility agent module configured to (i) selectively transmit a proxy binding update to a local mobility anchor, and (ii) receive a proxy binding acknowledgement from the local mobility anchor; and a profile module configured to retrieve a profile corresponding to the wireless terminal from a server, wherein the address assignment module is configured to selectively transmit an address assignment message to the wireless terminal in response to the mobility signal indicating at least one of (i) support for proxy mobility or (ii) a preference for proxy mobility, wherein the address assignment message is based on address information in the proxy binding acknowledgement, and wherein the address assignment module is configured to, in response to the profile including address information for the wireless terminal, transmit a second address assignment message to the wireless terminal based on the address information in the profile.