Network address translation based internet protocol mobility
First Claim
1. A fully end to end IP enabled wireless mobile network wherein each of a plurality of mobile hosts has an associated permanent IP address, and wherein a dynamic IP address space is used to address the mobile hosts in order to facilitate mobility management, comprising:
- a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled with each other via a back bone, each of said base stations having an associated coverage area, and being associated with a portion of the dynamic IP address space, and also being capable of wireless communication with associated local mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area, and being operative to allocate dynamic IP addresses from said associated portion of said dynamic IP address space for corresponding ones of said associated local mobile hosts, and each of said base stations is further operative to receive first packets via said back bone, each of said first packets carrying a dynamic IP address of an associated destination one of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being operative to translate said dynamic IP addresses carried by said first packets to the permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts.
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Abstract
In an end to end fully internet protocol (IP) enabled network, a dynamic IP address space is used to address mobile hosts in order to facilitate mobility management. The network includes a wireless mobile network having a plurality of base stations each being associated with a portion of the dynamic IP address space. The base stations are operative to allocate dynamic IP addresses from the associated portion of the dynamic IP address space for each authenticated mobile host. Each of the base stations provides translation between the dynamic IP address space and a permanent IP address space so that the dynamic IP address space is transparent from the point of view of the mobile hosts. A gateway provides communicative coupling between the backbone of the wireless mobile network and a wire lined IP network. The gateway also provides translation between the dynamic IP address space and the permanent IP address space.
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21 Claims
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1. A fully end to end IP enabled wireless mobile network wherein each of a plurality of mobile hosts has an associated permanent IP address, and wherein a dynamic IP address space is used to address the mobile hosts in order to facilitate mobility management, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled with each other via a back bone, each of said base stations having an associated coverage area, and being associated with a portion of the dynamic IP address space, and also being capable of wireless communication with associated local mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area, and being operative to allocate dynamic IP addresses from said associated portion of said dynamic IP address space for corresponding ones of said associated local mobile hosts, and each of said base stations is further operative to receive first packets via said back bone, each of said first packets carrying a dynamic IP address of an associated destination one of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being operative to translate said dynamic IP addresses carried by said first packets to the permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A fully end to end IP enabled wireless mobile network comprising a plurality of base stations coupled together via a backbone, each of said base stations having an associated coverage area and being operative to communicate with a plurality of mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area, each of said mobile hosts having an associated permanent IP address, each of said base stations also being operative to allocate a dynamic IP address for each of said mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area;
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wherein the dynamic IP addresses are allocated from a dynamic IP address space, and wherein each of said base stations is associated with a portion of said dynamic IP address space, each of said base stations being operative to allocate said dynamic IP addresses from said associated portion of said dynamic IP address space; and
,wherein each of said base stations is further operative to receive first packets via said back bone, each of said first packets carrying a dynamic IP address of an associated destination one of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being operative to translate said dynamic IP addresses carried by said first packets to the permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A fully end to end IP enabled network wherein each of a plurality of mobile hosts has an associated permanent IP address, and wherein a dynamic IP address space is used to address the mobile hosts in order to facilitate mobility management, comprising:
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a wireless mobile network including a plurality of base stations communicatively coupled with each other via a back bone of said mobile network, each of said base stations having an associated coverage area, and being associated with a portion of the dynamic IP address space, and also being capable of wireless communication with associated local mobile hosts located within said associated coverage area, and being operative to allocate dynamic IP addresses from said associated portion of said dynamic IP address space for selected ones of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being further operative to receive first packets via said back bone, each of said first packets including a destination IP address field carrying a dynamic IP address of an associated destination one of said associated local mobile hosts, each of said base stations being operative to translate said dynamic IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts to the permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts, each of said base stations being further operative to receive second packets from mobile hosts via wireless links, each of said second packets including a destination IP address field carrying a destination permanent IP address of an associated destination one of the mobile hosts, each of said base stations being further operative to translate said destination permanent IP addresses of said destination mobile hosts to current dynamic IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts; and
a gateway for communicatively coupling said backbone of said wireless mobile network with a wire lined IP network, said gateway for receiving third packets via the wire lined IP network, each of said third packets including a destination IP address field carrying a permanent IP address of an associated destination one of the mobile hosts, said gateway being operative to translate said permanent IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts to current dynamic IP addresses of said associated destination mobile hosts. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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