Patent ID: 7346036
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring propagation through the Internet of a mobile platform's public IP address as the mobile platform is handed-off from a first ground station to a second ground station in a mobile communications network, the method comprising: after a mobile platform's public IP address has been directed to be removed from a first ground station of a mobile communications network, making a determination at the first ground station whether the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the first ground station; after a predetermined time period, making a first determination at a second ground station of the mobile communications network whether the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the first ground station; after the mobile platform's public IP address has been directed to be added to the second ground station, making a determination at the second ground station whether the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the second ground station; after the predetermined time period, making a first determination at the first ground station whether the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the second ground station; after another predetermined time period, making a second determination at the second ground station whether the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the first ground station; and issuing a caution when the second determination determines that the mobile platform's public IP address is present at the first ground station.