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Mobile networking method and apparatus

  • US 5,572,528 A
  • Filed: 03/20/1995
  • Issued: 11/05/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For interconnecting devices in an internetwork comprising multiple networks, a system comprising:

  • a router for receiving, transmitting, and directing data over a plurality of networks, and for providing a first signal uniquely corresponding to a network of the plurality of networks;

    a plurality of nodes associated with the network and positioned to communicate data with the router;

    a carrier structure operably positioned between the router and the plurality of nodes for transmitting and receiving data between the router and the plurality of nodes;

    a network card operably associated with a node of the plurality of nodes for transmitting and receiving data between the node and the carrier structure, and for providing to the node a second signal unique to the network card;

    the node operably connected to the router to automatically receive the first signal and the second signal and to form, in accordance with the first and second signals, a local address corresponding to the node;

    a home router programmed to automatically maintain session level connectivity between the node and the home router after the node is disconnected and reconnected to the carrier structure.

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