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Device configuration apparatus, system, and method

  • US 8,009,641 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2005
  • Issued: 08/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting, at a network element, an indication included in a signal sent by a device that at least one configuration parameter required by the device is unknown, the at least one configuration parameter including at least a home agent address, wherein the device roams to a visited network other than a home network of the device, and wherein the network element is located at the visited network;

    determining by the network element at the visited network information regarding the at least one configuration parameter in response to detecting the indication included in the device that the at least one configuration parameter required by the device is unknown; and

    sending the information regarding the at least one configuration parameter to the device, wherein the device self-configures to set up a data carrier between the device and the network element based on the information from the network element, including at least the home agent address, without the use of a foreign agent.

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