Arrangement in a gateway for registering mobile routers of a mobile AD HOC network to respective home agents
First Claim
1. A method in a gateway, configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the method comprising:
- identifying the mobile routers within the mobile ad hoc network using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol;
locating, for at least one identified mobile router, a corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to a prescribed mobile IP protocol; and
registering said at least one identified mobile router with the corresponding home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol.
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Abstract
A gateway, configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, is configured for registering the mobile routers with their respective home agents using a prescribed mobile IP protocol. The gateway identifies the mobile routers using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol. The gateway locates, for each identified mobile router, its corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol, and registers the corresponding identified mobile router with the home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol. The gateway can then forward a packet received from a home agent to the corresponding mobile router. Hence, the gateway provides mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network with access to the wide area network, without any necessity for the prescribed mobile IP protocol to be implemented within the mobile routers.
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28 Claims
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1. A method in a gateway, configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the method comprising:
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identifying the mobile routers within the mobile ad hoc network using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol; locating, for at least one identified mobile router, a corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to a prescribed mobile IP protocol; and registering said at least one identified mobile router with the corresponding home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A gateway configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the gateway comprising:
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means for identifying the mobile routers within the mobile ad hoc network using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol; means for locating, for at least one identified mobile router, a corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to a prescribed mobile IP protocol; and means for registering said at least one identified mobile router with the corresponding home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network by a gateway, the sequences of instructions including instructions for performing the steps of:
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identifying the mobile routers within the mobile ad hoc network using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol; locating, for at least one identified mobile router, a corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to a prescribed mobile IP protocol; and registering said at least one identified mobile router with the corresponding home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A gateway configured for providing connectivity between a wide area network and mobile routers within a mobile ad hoc network, the gateway comprising:
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a proactive discovery resource configured for identifying the mobile routers within the mobile ad hoc network using a prescribed proactive mobile ad hoc network routing protocol; a second discovery resource configured for locating, for at least one identified mobile router, a corresponding home agent via the wide area network according to a prescribed mobile IP protocol; and a registration resource configured for registering said at least one identified mobile router with the corresponding home agent according to the prescribed mobile IP protocol. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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