Patent ID: 8599795
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a transmitter unit configured to transmit a proxy flow binding initiate (PFBI) message to a media access gateway (MAG), wherein the PFBI message requests a flow binding operation; a receiver unit configured to receive a proxy flow binding acknowledge (PFBA) message from the MAG indicating that the flow binding operation was successfully performed; and logic circuitry configured to amend a flow binding list stored in a local mobility anchor (LMA) to reflect the successfully performed flow binding operation, wherein the PFBI message comprises a flow identification mobility option comprising: an option type, an option length, a flow identifier (FID), a FID priority (FID-PRI) field, and an action field specifying the flow binding operation, and a status field, and wherein the action field does not specify a discard action or a forward action.