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DYNAMIC FOREIGN AGENT-HOME SECURITY ASSOCIATION ALLOCATION FOR IP MOBILITY SYSTEMS

  • US 20100106969A1
  • Filed: 03/27/2008
  • Published: 04/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system, comprising:

  • a home network having a home agent and a home network AAA server;

    a foreign network having a foreign agent;

    a security association being established between the home agent and the foreign agent based on a dynamic allocation of security parameters and an SPI index value from the home network AAA server after receiving a specific security association request for the home agent-foreign agent pair from the foreign agent, said security association request being initiated after a registration request is received by the foreign agent from a mobile node, wherein the registration request received by the foreign agent is transferred to the home agent after the security association between the foreign agent and the home agent is established and the home network AAA server dynamically allocates the security parameters and SPI index values each time the foreign agent requests a security association for a specific home agent-foreign agent pairing.

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