Patent ID: 7515590
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A network system including a network divided into a plurality of segments, a MN (Mobile Node) that sets a Care of Address for each segment in which the MN is located, a CN (Corresponding Node) being a communication partner of the MN, and a VMN (Virtual Mobile Node) being provided in specific segment of the plurality of segments, the network system comprising: in the MN a packet analyzing unit extracting a source address or a destination address from a base packet of a multiple encapsulated packet received from the CN; and a MN information notifying unit transmitting MN information including an old Care of Address set in a segment before movement of the MN to the specific segment and a new Care of Address set in another segment after movement of the MN to the specific segment in which a transmission source according to the source address extracted by the packet analyzing unit is located or in which a transmission destination according to the destination address extracted by the packet analyzing unit is located, and in the VMN a Care of Address managing unit managing the new Care of Address and the old Care of Address included in the MN information transmitted from the MN information notifying unit; a packet receiving unit receiving a packet addressed to the old Care of Address at least after the MN is relocated to the another segment, the packet being transmitted from the CN; and a packet transfer unit transferring the packet addressed to the old Care of Address to the new Care of Address managed by the Care of Address managing unit, the packet addressed to the old Care of Address being received by the packet receiving unit.