Patent ID: 8320332

Claim:
A method for processing Internet protocol handoff among a plurality of mobile agents allowing a mobile station having a mobile router to use multiple Internet protocols in a mobile agent platform (MAP), the method comprising: receiving a registration request message for multiple IP handoff from a mobile station having a plurality of Internet protocol (IP) addresses through a currently-moving mobile agent of the mobile station; processing the registration request for multiple IP handoff according to information included in the received registration request message, wherein the processing comprises: determining whether the mobile station is present in a visitor list, a capability list, or a border list; and when the mobile station is present in the visitor list, the capability list, or the border list, moving the entries of the mobile station from the corresponding list to a temp list; transmitting a reply message for the received registration request message according to the result of updating the information to the mobile station through the currently-moving mobile agent; and transmitting the received registration request message to a previous mobile agent of the mobile station before moving and a home agent of the mobile station as it is.