Method of configuring and registering Internet protocol address in a wireless mobile communication system having connection-oriented radio link

• US 20070091822A1
• Filed: 10/18/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Do, Mi-Sun, Han, Youn-Hee, Jang, Hee-Jin, Bang, Jong-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 7,804,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5046 Resolving address allocation conflicts; Testing of addresses testing when self-assigning an address H04L61/5092
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/167 Adaptation for transition between two IP versions, e.g. between IPv4 and IPv6 translation of Internet protocol [IP] addresses H04L61/2503
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/02 Data link layer protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

A method of configuring and registering an Internet Protocol (IPv6) address in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link is provided. In an IP configuration method without Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), a Mobile Station (MS) is allocated a unique Connection Identifier (CID) specific to the MS from a serving Base Station (BS), and the MS and BS configure the IPv6 address independently using a known network prefix, a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the MS, and the allocated CID. The BS registers the configured IPv6 address to a HA on behalf of MS.

Claims

1. A method of configuring an Internet Protocol (IPv6) address without Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) in a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link, the method comprising:

allocating a Connection IDentifier (CID) specific to an MS from a serving Base Station (BS); and

configuring an IP address, a Care of Address (CoA), using a known network prefix, a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the MS, and the allocated CID.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the CID in a ranging response message from the serving BS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the CID comprises receiving a basic CID or a primary management CID.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the network prefix, included in a routing advertisement message, from the serving BS.

5. A method of receiving a Home of Address (HoA) in a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link, the method comprising:

sending a message including an indicator indicating whether an MS has an HoA to a serving Base Station (BS) selected for initial network entry; and

receiving the HoA from the serving BS, if the indication indicates that the MS has no HoA.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising requesting HoA registration to the serving BS, if the indicator indicates that the MS has the HoA.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the sending of the message comprises sending a ranging request message.

8. A method of configuring an Internet Protocol (IPv6) address without Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) during handover in a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link, the method comprising:

deciding on a handover from an old serving Base Station (BS) to a target BS;

sending a ranging request message including a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the MS and information indicating the handover to the target BS;

allocating a Connection Identifier (CID) specific to the MS from the target BS;

receiving a routing advertisement message including a network prefix from the target BS; and

configuring the IP address, the CoA, using the network prefix, the MAC address of the MS, and the allocated CID.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the deciding on the handover comprises deciding on the handover upon request of the serving BS.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the configured IP address comprises a 128-bit Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address, a CoA, temporarily used when the MS moves from one subnet to another subnet.

11. A method of configuring an Internet Protocol (IPv6) address without Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) in a serving Base Station (BS) in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link, the method comprising:

receiving a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of a Mobile Station (MS) from an MS; and

configuring the IP address, the CoA, using a network prefix, the MAC address, and a Connection Identifier (CID) allocated to the MS.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving the MAC address and an indication indicating whether the MS has a Home of Address (HoA) in a ranging request message from the MS.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

requesting allocation of the HoA to an authentication server if the indication indicates that the MS does not have the HoA;

receiving the HoA from the authentication server and registering the IP addresses (HoA and CoA) to HA on the behalf of the MS through an embedded BU-REQ message; and

notifying the MS of the HoA.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising registering the IP addresses (HoA and CoA) of the MS by sending an BU-REQ message after receiving the HoA, if the indication indicates that the MS has the HoA.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising sending the HoA to a target BS for handover of the MS, if the serving BS decides on a handover on its own or upon request of the MS.

16. A method of configuring an Internet Protocol (IPv6) address without Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) in a wireless mobile communication system having a connection-oriented radio link, the method comprising:

sending a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of a Mobile Station (MS) to a serving Base Station (BS) by the MS;

configuring the IP address using a network prefix, the MAC address, and a Connection Identifier (CID) allocated to the MS by the serving BS; and

configuring, upon receipt of the network prefix, the IPv6 address, the CoA, using the network prefix, the MAC address, and the CID by the MS.