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Relocation of content sources during IP-level handoffs

  • US 7,525,940 B2
  • Filed: 05/10/2002
  • Issued: 04/28/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a mobile terminal communications interface; and

    a processor configured to communicate through the communications interface, the processor configured to perform;

    initiating an application supported by the apparatusreceiving, from a current content source, a packet data stream that is associated with the application;

    forwarding application context information that is associated with the application to an access router for registration thereon, the application context information including a content profile and a media description, the application context information configured to be used in establishing a connection with a new content source; and

    receiving the packet data stream from the new content source in response to the apparatus completing a network layer-level handoff.

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