System and method for providing a distributed virtual mobility agent
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1. A method for handling the connectivity for a mobile station comprising:
- forming a generic agent advertisement at a mobility agent, wherein the generic agent advertisement is identical to a previous agent advertisement sent to the mobile station by another mobility agent, the generic agent advertisement comprising at least one attribute not associated with the mobility agent; and
sending the generic agent advertisement to a mobile station.
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Abstract
An indication is received from the mobile station (114) indicating that the mobile station (114) is moving from an originating mobility agent (106) to a destination mobility agent (108). An identity of the destination mobility agent (108) is determined using the indication. Routing information is sent from the originating mobility agent (106) to the destination mobility agent (108) using the identity. Incoming data is routed to the mobile station (114) using the routing information.
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1. A method for handling the connectivity for a mobile station comprising:
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forming a generic agent advertisement at a mobility agent, wherein the generic agent advertisement is identical to a previous agent advertisement sent to the mobile station by another mobility agent, the generic agent advertisement comprising at least one attribute not associated with the mobility agent; and sending the generic agent advertisement to a mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of sending an advertisement to a mobile station comprising:
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detecting a change in connectivity of the mobile station, wherein the change in connectivity comprises a transition of mobility agents; determining an identity of a mobility agent using the change; and sending a generic agent advertisement to the mobile station, wherein the generic agent advertisement does not invoke a Mobile internet protocol (MIP) registration procedure at the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A mobility agent comprising:
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a receiver having an input; a transmitter having an output; a memory for storing a generic agent advertisement; a controller coupled to the receiver, the transmitter, and the memory, the controller programmed to form a generic agent advertisement comprising at least one attribute not associated with the mobility agent at the output of the transmitter, wherein the generic agent advertisement is identical to a previous agent advertisement sent to a mobile station by another mobility agent and the controller is further programmed to send the generic agent advertisement to a mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for sending generic agent advertisements to a mobile station comprising:
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a first mobility agent in communication with an access point, the first mobility agent including; a first receiver having an input; a first transmitter having an output; a first memory for storing a generic agent advertisement; a first controller coupled to the first receiver, the first transmitter, and the first memory, the first controller programmed to detect a change in connectivity of the mobile station and to determine an identity of a second mobility agent using the change, wherein the change in connectivity comprises a transition of mobility agents; and the second mobility agent including; a second receiver having an input; a second transmitter having an output; a second memory for storing another generic agent advertisement; a second controller coupled to the second receiver, the second transmitter, and the second memory, the second controller programmed to send the another generic agent advertisement to the mobile station wherein the another generic agent advertisement does not invoke a Mobile internet protocol (MIP) registration procedure at the mobile station.
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