Support mobile device in asymmetric link environment
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for registering a mobile device such as a mobile node or mobile router with a Home Agent in an asymmetric link environment. A Foreign Agent associates each of one or more interfaces of the Foreign Agent with a different care-of address. An agent advertisement including the care-of address for the one or more interfaces of the Foreign Agent is then sent via one or more uplinks. A registration request is received via a downlink router. The registration request identifies a care-of address associated with one of the one or more interfaces of the Foreign Agent. One of the interfaces identified by the care-of address is ascertained, thereby identifying the interface to which the mobile device has roamed. The registration request is forwarded to the Home Agent. A registration reply is received from the Home Agent. The registration reply is then forwarded to the mobile device via the ascertained interface.
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25. A Foreign Agent that supports Mobile IP, the Foreign Agent being capable of registering a mobile device with a Home Agent in an asymmetric link environment, the Foreign Agent comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for;
associating each one of a plurality of interfaces of the Foreign Agent with a different care-of address such that each of the plurality of interfaces is mapped to a different care-of address;
sending at least one agent advertisement including the care-of address for each of the plurality of interfaces of the Foreign Agent via one or more uplinks;
receiving a registration request forwarded via a downlink router, the registration request identifying a care-of address associated with only one of the plurality of interfaces of the Foreign Agent;
ascertaining the one of the plurality of interfaces identified by the care-of address in the registration request, thereby identifying the interface to which the mobile device has roamed;
forwarding the registration request to the Home Agent;
receiving a registration reply from the Home Agent; and
forwarding the registration reply to the mobile device via the ascertained interface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A downlink router adapted for forwarding a Mobile IP registration request in an asymmetric link environment, comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for;
receiving a registration request composed and sent by a mobile device, the registration request identifying a care-of address associated with only one of a plurality of interfaces of a Foreign Agent, wherein each of the plurality of interfaces of the Foreign Agent has a different care-of address; and
forwarding the registration request to the Foreign Agent, thereby enabling the Foreign Agent to process the registration request and forward a registration reply to the mobile device via the interface. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A downlink router adapted for forwarding a Mobile IP registration request in an asymmetric link environment, comprising:
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means for receiving a registration request composed and sent by a mobile device, the registration request identifying a care-of address associated with only one of a plurality of interfaces of a Foreign Agent, wherein each of the plurality of interfaces of the Foreign Agent has a different care-of address; and
means for forwarding the registration request to the Foreign Agent, thereby enabling the Foreign Agent to process the registration request and forward a registration reply to the mobile device via the interface.
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