Patent ID: 7936719

Claim:
A method of handing off without packet loss, a mobile device traveling from a current point of attachment to a new point of attachment, comprising: providing a copy and forward module in a current point of attachment, said copy and forward module copying packets that are being transmitted to a mobile node and storing the copied packets while said mobile node is in transition from said current point of attachment to said new point of attachment, wherein said copy and forward module makes copies of said packets that are being transmitted while allowing the original packets that are being transmitted to flow without buffering, further including said copy and forward module communicating with the mobile node for the copy and forward services using a protocol that is independent of mobility management protocols such that the copy and forward services are generic and independent of mobility management protocols, and further including upon receipt of a copy request from a mobile node, if copy and forward service can be accommodated by said copy and forward module then said copy and forward module transmits a unique ID parameter to said mobile node within a copy response for use by the mobile node in subsequent messages.