Enhanced fast handover procedures
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- sending, from a mobile entity to a second network access entity, a message comprising a fast binding update message, the message including information for identifying a first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity; and
handing over a connection of the mobile entity from the first network access entity to the second network access entity,wherein the message is configured to enable the second network access entity to direct traffic to the first network access entity based on the information included in the message, wherein the information is mapped, at the second network access entity, to the global address of the first network access entity.
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Abstract
A method for performing a change of a connection of a mobile entity from a first network access entity to a second network access entity, wherein a global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes the step of sending a message including information for identifying the first network access entity from the mobile entity to the second network access entity which enables the second network entity to direct traffic to the first network entity. According to another embodiment, the invention also provides a method for the reverse direction. Namely, the invention provides a method for sending IP signaling from the mobile entity or from the first network access entity towards the second network access entity, whose global IP address is not known by the mobile entity or first network access entity.
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31 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending, from a mobile entity to a second network access entity, a message comprising a fast binding update message, the message including information for identifying a first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity; and handing over a connection of the mobile entity from the first network access entity to the second network access entity, wherein the message is configured to enable the second network access entity to direct traffic to the first network access entity based on the information included in the message, wherein the information is mapped, at the second network access entity, to the global address of the first network access entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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forming a message for handing over a connection of a mobile entity from a first network access entity to a second network access entity, wherein the message comprises a fast binding update message including information for identifying the first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity; and sending, from the mobile entity to the second network access entity, the message including the information, wherein the message enables the first network access entity to direct traffic to the second network access entity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to process data related to sending, from a mobile entity to a second network access entity, a message comprising a fast binding update message, the message including information for identifying a first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to process data related a message comprising a fast binding update message, the message including information for identifying a first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product being configured to control a processor to perform a method comprising:
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forming a message which enables a first network entity to direct traffic destined to a second network entity when a connection is handed over from the first network access entity to the second network access entity, wherein the message comprises a fast binding update message including information for identifying the first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity; and sending, from the mobile entity to the second network access entity, the message including the information.
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31. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor, wherein the processor is configured to; process a received message from a mobile entity, the message comprising a fast binding update message including information for identifying the first network access entity comprising a gateway general packet radio service support node, wherein the information identifying the first network access entity enables the second network access entity to determine a global address for the first network access entity, wherein the global address of the first network access entity is not known to the mobile entity due to a move by the mobile entity from a previous network to a target network of the second network access entity, wherein the information comprises a link local address associated with the first network access entity, a network identity associated with the previous network of the first network access entity, an access point name associated with an access point through which the mobile entity was connected to the first network access entity, and a link layer address of the mobile entity; and use said message to direct traffic to the second network access entity.
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