INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNICATING PACKETS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network; and
communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address.
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes identifying through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network. The method further includes communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network. The registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. In more specific embodiments, the IP address serves as a care of address (CoA) address and a home IP address concurrently. The IP address can be exchanged via a mobile IP (MIP) exchange. The home and visited bearer managers are independent or interdependent.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network; and communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
a home bearer manager that identifies that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the home bearer manager communicates the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, and wherein the registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to:
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identify through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network; and communicate the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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means for identifying through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network; and means for communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address, wherein the IP address serves as a care of address (CoA) address and a home IP address concurrently.
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