IPv4-to-IPv6 Address Transitioning Methods And Apparatus For Systems That Push Information To Wireless Communication Devices
First Claim
1. A method for use in facilitating, via a communication network, the communication of user information between a plurality of host computers and a plurality of wireless communication devices operative in a mobile communication network, the communication network including a front end subnetwork and a core network, the front end subnetwork including a network entry point device and a plurality of tunnel servers, the tunnel servers being connected between the network entry point device and the core network, the method comprising the acts of:
- operating to receive, by the network entry point device, a plurality of tunnel requests from the host computers;
operating to communicate, by the network entry point device, the plurality of tunnel requests to the tunnel servers in accordance with one of round-robin assignment technique or a load balancing technique;
establishing, by the tunnel servers, a plurality of tunnel connections between the host computers and the tunnel servers in response to the tunnel requests; and
allowing the user information to be communicated, via the communication network, between the host computers and the wireless communication devices operating in the mobile communication network through the tunnel servers.
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Abstract
A front end of an IPv6 communication network includes a network entry point device and a plurality of tunnel servers which facilitate the communication of user information between a host computer of an IPv4 communication network and an IPv6 wireless communication device. The network entry point device is configured to direct a tunnel request from the host computer to a selected tunnel server, which establishes a tunnel connection with the host computer. The tunnel server facilitates the communication of user information between the host and the wireless device through the tunnel connection. The tunnel server also performs a dynamic routing protocol (DRP). In accordance with the DRP, the tunnel server updates a local routing table to reflect the newly established tunnel connection and broadcasts updated routing table information to the other tunnel servers. In another related technical aspect, a back end of the IPv6 communication network facilitates communication with the IPv6 wireless device when it operates in an IPv4 wireless communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for use in facilitating, via a communication network, the communication of user information between a plurality of host computers and a plurality of wireless communication devices operative in a mobile communication network, the communication network including a front end subnetwork and a core network, the front end subnetwork including a network entry point device and a plurality of tunnel servers, the tunnel servers being connected between the network entry point device and the core network, the method comprising the acts of:
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operating to receive, by the network entry point device, a plurality of tunnel requests from the host computers; operating to communicate, by the network entry point device, the plurality of tunnel requests to the tunnel servers in accordance with one of round-robin assignment technique or a load balancing technique; establishing, by the tunnel servers, a plurality of tunnel connections between the host computers and the tunnel servers in response to the tunnel requests; and allowing the user information to be communicated, via the communication network, between the host computers and the wireless communication devices operating in the mobile communication network through the tunnel servers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network entry point device configured to connect in a communication network for use in facilitating the communication of user information between a plurality of host computers and a plurality of wireless communication devices operative in a mobile communication network, the communication network including a front end subnetwork and a core network, the front end subnetwork including the network entry point device and a plurality of tunnel servers, the tunnel servers being connected between the network entry point device and the core network, the network entry point device being operative to:
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receive a plurality of tunnel requests from the host computers; and communicate the plurality of tunnel requests to the tunnel servers in accordance with one of round-robin assignment technique or a load balancing technique, so that the tunnel servers establish a plurality of tunnel connections with the host computers through which the user information is communicated. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 19)
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13. A communication network for facilitating communications between a plurality of host computers and a plurality of wireless communication devices operative in a mobile communication network, the communication network comprising:
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a network entry point device; a plurality of tunnel servers; a core network; the tunnel servers being connected between the network entry point device and the core network; the network entry point device being operative to communicate a plurality of tunnel requests, received from a plurality of host computers, to the plurality of tunnel servers in accordance with one of round-robin assignment technique or a load balancing technique; each tunnel server being operative to establish and maintain a plurality of tunnel connections between host computers and the tunnel server in response to tunnel requests received therefrom; and each tunnel server being further operative to allow a communication of user information, via a tunnel connection, between each host computer having the tunnel connection established with the tunnel server and at least one wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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