Method for automatically configuring network addresses in mobile multi-hop network
First Claim
1. A method for automatically configuring a network address of a first mobile node newly participating in a mobile multi-hop network, comprising:
- (a) if the first mobile node belonging to a first network moves into and participates in a second network, detecting that the first mobile node has moved;
(b) securing a route from the first mobile node to a gateway of the second network and requesting network configuration information of the second network; and
(c) receiving an available network address allocated by the gateway and changing network configuration information of the first mobile node.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for automatically configuring network addresses of mobile nodes participating in a mobile multi-hop network. The method of the present invention includes a first step of, if a first mobile node belonging to a first network moves into and participates in a second network, detecting that the first mobile node has moved; a second step of securing a route from the first mobile node to a gateway of the second network and requesting network configuration information; and a third step of receiving an available network address allocated by the gateway and changing the network configuration information of the first mobile node.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for automatically configuring a network address of a first mobile node newly participating in a mobile multi-hop network, comprising:
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(a) if the first mobile node belonging to a first network moves into and participates in a second network, detecting that the first mobile node has moved;
(b) securing a route from the first mobile node to a gateway of the second network and requesting network configuration information of the second network; and
(c) receiving an available network address allocated by the gateway and changing network configuration information of the first mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A first mobile node newly participating in a mobile multi-hop network and receiving an allocated network address, comprising:
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a detector operable to detect that the first mobile node has moved, when the first mobile node belonging to a first network moves into and participates in a second network;
a second means for securing a route from the first mobile node to a gateway of the second network and requesting network configuration information of the second network; and
a third means for receiving an available network address allocated by the gateway and changing network configuration information of the first mobile node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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