Patent ID: 8140710
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A home link setting method at a start time of activating or a time of initializing a home gateway device for accommodating a mobile terminal in a home link, the home gateway device being connected to the mobile terminal via a communication link, the method comprising: transmitting, by the home gateway device, a solicitation message requesting network information used for setting a home network accommodating the mobile terminal to a plurality of connected communication links, the plurality of the connected communication links being already connected at the start time of activating or at the time of initializing the home gateway device; receiving, by the home gateway device, an advertisement message including the network information from at least one of the plurality of the connected communication links to which the solicitation message has been sent; selecting, by the home gateway device, a communication link to connect as the home link from among the plurality of the connected communication links other than the at least one of the plurality of the connected communication links from which the advertisement message has been received; and executing, by the home gateway device, an internal setting so as to conduct a home agent function with respect to the mobile terminal on the selected communication link.