Patent ID: 8155029
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a local connectivity test between a first mobile router and a second mobile router assigned to a home agent, wherein the first mobile router belongs to a moving network and is assigned a first prefix, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a shared secret between the first mobile router in the moving network and the home agent; the home agent providing the second mobile router with unique one-time data; the second mobile router the first mobile router deriving information specific to the first mobile router, wherein the MR specific information is provided with a calculated result based at least partly on the shared secret and the unique one-time data, the first mobile router sharing the MR specific information with the second mobile router in a message confined to the moving network; the second mobile router forwarding said MR specific information to the home agent; and the home agent determining if an age of the MR specific information is within a predetermined time limit, and