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Proactive seamless service provisioning in mobile networks through transferring of application context

  • US 7,388,851 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2003
  • Issued: 06/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for supporting relocation of an Internet Protocol session during a network layer handover in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

  • generating application context information indicating activities to be executed pro-actively before a network layer handover at a mobile node;

    sending the generated application context information to a current access router from the mobile node;

    sending a message to the current access router from the mobile node, the message including a request to forward the generated application context information to a second access router; and

    sending a commitment message to the second access router, the commitment message confirming an intent to initiate communication with the second access router.

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