Patent ID: 7500015

Claim:
A mobile tracking system for QoS guaranteed paths which carries out packet transfer via QoS guaranteed paths between a first communications terminal and a second communications terminal at least one of which is a mobile terminal, wherein said mobile tracking system uses a router device located in an overlapping segment between the packet transfer paths before and after movement of a communications terminal, and said router device comprises: a detection means for detecting a change of visitor location address reported via an existing QoS guaranteed path used for said packet transfer, a QoS guaranteed path setup means for setting up a new QoS guaranteed path extended to said overlapping segment based on the change of a visitor location address according to detection results produced by the detection means, a QoS-guaranteed-path setup complete notification means for notifying said first communications terminal and said second communications terminal that said QoS guaranteed path setup means has completed setup of the new QoS guaranteed path, a change notification means for sending out to a router device other than said router device a notification about a change of relay instead of setting up the new QoS guaranteed path using said QoS guaranteed path setup means, depending on the detection results produced by said detection means, a routing process means which performs routing processes, and a packet-transfer-start reception means which receives notification about the start of packet transfer, and transfers packets via said existing QoS guaranteed path until the QoS guaranteed path setup means of said router device completes setup of the new QoS guaranteed path, and/or said other router device sets up a separate new QoS guaranteed path.