Mobile IP communication terminal, mobile IP communication method, and computer product

• US 20060062176A1
• Filed: 04/11/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yokota, Fumihiko, Ikemura, Shinichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,242,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/045 involving different protocol versions, e.g. MIPv4 and MIPv6

Abstract

A mobile IP communication terminal connected to a network at a remote place decides whether position registration can be performed by the IP (IPv4). When the position registration is possible, a normal position registration process is performed. When the position registration is impossible, the mobile IP communication terminal uniquely generates a CoA (Care of Address), edits a position registration signal, and transmits a position registration signal to a network repeater, which has a position registration function of the mobile IP communication terminal, based on a header obtained by an IP (IPv6) of the network to which the mobile IP communication terminal is connected and a designated IP (UDP).

Claims

1. A mobile internet-protocol (IP) communication terminal that supports a first IP, and can be connected to a first network that supports the first IP and a second network that supports a second IP that is different from the first IP, wherein

when the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the second network via a second repeater and performs a packet communication with an IP communication terminal that supports the first IP, the first network and the second network are connected via a translator to perform a packet communication, and the mobile IP communication terminal registers a connection position of the mobile IP communication terminal with a first repeater that has a packet transfer function, the mobile IP communication terminal comprising:

an IP deciding unit that decides whether the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the first network or the second network;

a unique-address generating unit that generates a first address that is unique to the mobile IP communication terminal, when the IP deciding unit decides the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the second network;

a translator-through address generating unit that generates a second address so as to connect the mobile IP communication terminal to the first network via the translator, based on position information of the translator stored in the second repeater, and

a translator-through position-registration-signal transmitting unit that transmits a registration signal, for registering the connection position, to the first repeater, the registration signal including a destination address and a source address, the destination address having the second address and an address of the first repeater, the source address having an address of the connection position, and the address of the connection position corresponding to the second IP and acquired from the second network.

2. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the unique-address generating unit generates a random number and generates the first address based on the random number.

3. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the unique-address generating unit generates the first address based on a predetermined value.

4. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the translator-through position-registration-signal transmitting unit transmits, to the first repeater, a position-registration information signal that includes the first address.

5. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the translator-though position-registration-signal transmitting unit decides whether the connection position is registered by receiving a position-registration completion signal from the first repeater.

6. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the translator-through position-registration-signal transmitting unit sets a third address to a header address, and transmits the position-registration information signal to the first repeater, and the third address is corresponding to the second IP and generated in response to a router advertisement from the second network.

7. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting unit that transmits a packet to the translator by encapsulating a payload and setting a header address corresponding to the second IP, wherein the packet includes the payload and the header address.

8. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit that receives a packet from the IP communication terminal that supports the first IP, by decapsulating a payload of the packet.

9. The mobile IP communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a position-registration-signal transmitting unit that, when the IP deciding unit decides that the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the first network, acquires the address of the connection position and transmits a position registration signal to the first repeater so as to register the connection position.

10. A mobile internet-protocol (IP) communication method performed by a mobile internet-protocol (IP) communication terminal, wherein

the mobile IP communication terminal supports a first IP, and can be connected to a first network that supports the first IP and a second network that supports a second IP that is different from the first IP, and

when the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the second network via a second repeater and performs a packet communication with an IP communication terminal that supports the first IP, the first network and the second network are connected via a translator to perform a packet communication, and the mobile IP communication terminal registers a connection position of the mobile IP communication terminal with a first repeater that has a packet transfer function, the mobile IP communication method comprising:

deciding whether the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the first network or the second network based;

generating a first address that is unique to the mobile IP communication terminal, when it is decided in the deciding that the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the second network;

generating a second address so as to connect the mobile IP communication terminal to the first network via the translator, based on position information of the translator stored in the second repeater, and

transmitting a registration signal, for registering the connection position, to the first repeater, the registration signal including a destination address and a source address, the destination address having the second address and an address of the first repeater, the source address having an address of the connection position, and the address of the connection position corresponding to the second IP and acquired from the second network.

11. The mobile IP communication method according to claim 10, further comprising acquiring the address of the connection position and transmitting a position registration signal to the first repeater so as to register the connection position, when it is decided in the deciding that the mobile IP communication terminal is connected to the first network.

12. A computer-readable recoding medium that stores a computer program that implements mobile internet-protocol (IP) communication method on a computer, wherein

the computer supports a first IP, and can be connected to a first network that supports the first IP and a second network that supports a second IP that is different from the first IP, and

when the computer is connected to the second network via a second repeater and performs a packet communication with an IP communication terminal that supports the first IP, the first network and the second network are connected via a translator to perform a packet communication, and the computer registers a connection position of the computer with a first repeater that has a packet transfer function, the computer program causing the computer to execute:

deciding whether the computer is connected to the first network or the second network based;

generating a first address that is unique to the computer, when it is decided in the deciding that the computer is connected to the second network;

generating a second address so as to connect the computer to the first network via the translator, based on position information of the translator stored in the second repeater, and

transmitting a registration signal, for registering the connection position, to the first repeater, the registration signal including a destination address and a source address, the destination address having the second address and an address of the first repeater, the source address having an address of the connection position, and the address of the connection position corresponding to the second IP and acquired from the second network.