Proxy mobile IP system, access gateway and method for determining the order of registration notification messages used therefor

• US 8,315,206 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2008
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Mizukoshi, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): LY, ANH VU H
• Application Number:
  US12/676,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20100202350A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1045 Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/085 involving hierarchical organized mobility servers, e.g. hierarchical mobile IP [HMIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/045 involving different protocol versions, e.g. MIPv4 and MIPv6

Abstract

A proxy mobile IP system comprises: a mobile terminal including a time management/notification unit; the time management/notification unit alerting time information, managed by the mobile terminal itself, to an access gateway at the time of access authentication in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) communication; the access gateway; the access gateway including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting the time information, received from the mobile terminal, to a mobility anchor, at the time of performing proxy mobile IP registration in the proxy mobile IP communication, as the time information received from the mobile terminal is carried on a registration notification message; and the mobility anchor; the mobility anchor including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting the registration notification message including the time information to a proxy mobile IP registration unit responsible for performing proxy mobile IP registration.

Claims

1. A proxy mobile IP system comprising:

a mobile terminal including a time management/notification unit;

said time management/notification unit alerting a time information, managed by the mobile terminal itself, to an access gateway at the time of access authentication in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) communication;

said access gateway;

said access gateway including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting the time information, received from said mobile terminal, to a mobility anchor, at the time of performing proxy mobile IP registration in said proxy mobile IP communication, as said time information received from said mobile terminal is carried on a registration notification message; and

said mobility anchor;

said mobility anchor including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting said registration notification message including said time information to a proxy mobile IP registration unit responsible for performing proxy mobile IP registration,

wherein if said mobility anchor has received a registration notification message of the time information older than the time information embedded within the registration message and saved in the mobility anchor, said mobility anchor saves the time information of the registration message as the current time information and alerts an error to said access gateway to acquire the time information of said mobile terminal again.

2. The proxy mobile IP system according to claim 1, wherein

said mobility anchor determines the order of a plurality of registration notification messages including said registration notification message based on the time information alerted from said access gateway as said time information is carried on said registration notification message.

3. The proxy mobile IP system according to claim 1, wherein

said mobile terminal alerts, in place of the time information, a sequence number, indicating the number of times of connection.

4. A method for determining order of registration notification messages, comprising:

a mobile terminal alerting a time information, managed by a mobile terminal itself, to an access gateway at the time of access authentication in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) communication;

said access gateway alerting the time information, received from said mobile terminal, to a mobility anchor at the time of performing proxy mobile IP registration in said proxy mobile IP communication, as said time information received from said mobile terminal is carried on a registration notification message; and

said mobility anchor alerting said registration notification message including said time information to a proxy mobile IP registration unit responsible for performing proxy mobile IP registration,

wherein if said mobility anchor has received a registration notification message of time information older than the time information embedded within the registration message and saved in the mobility anchor, said mobility anchor saves the time information of the registration message as the current received time information and alerts an error to said access gateway to re-acquire the time information of said mobile terminal.

5. The method for determining the order of registration notification messages according to claim 4, wherein

said mobility anchor determines the order of said registration notification messages based on the time information alerted from said access gateway as said time information is carried on said registration notification message.

6. The method for determining order of registration notification messages according to claim 4, wherein

said mobile terminal alerts, in place of the time information, a sequence number, indicating the number of times of connection.

7. A proxy mobile IP system in which order of registration notification messages from an access gateway in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) communication, responsible for location management of a mobile terminal over a communication network, is determined by a mobility anchor;

comprising

said mobile terminal includes a time management/notification unit for managing a time information of the mobile terminal itself;

said time management/notification unit working in association with an access authentication function responsible for access authentication in said proxy mobile IP communication;

said access gateway including a time information acquisition/management unit;

said time information acquisition/management unit of said access gateway acquiring the time information of said mobile terminal;

said time information acquisition/management unit of said access gateway working in association with a proxy mobile IP registration unit;

said proxy mobile IP registration unit doing proxy mobile IP registration in an IP proxy mobile IP communication by said access authentication function and by a registration notification message;

said mobility anchor including a time information acquisition/management unit;

said time information acquisition/management unit of said mobility anchor acquiring the time information of said mobile terminal and working in association with a proxy mobile IP registration unit;

said proxy mobile IP registration unit doing proxy mobile IP registration in said IP proxy mobile IP communication by said registration notification message;

said access gateway alerting the time information, acquired from said mobile terminal in an access authentication sequence by said proxy mobile IP registration unit, to said mobility anchor as said time information is carried on said registration notification message,

wherein if said mobility anchor has received a registration notification message of time information older than the time information embedded within the registration message and saved in the mobility anchor, said mobility anchor saves the time information of the registration message as the current received time information and alerts an error to said access gateway to re-acquire the time information of said mobile terminal.

8. A method for determining order of registration notification messages used in a proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) system in which the order of registration notification messages from an access gateway in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol), responsible for location management of a mobile terminal via a communication network, is determined by a mobility anchor;

said method comprising;

providing said mobile terminal with a time management/notification unit;

said time management/notification unit managing a time information of the mobile terminal itself and working in association with an access authentication function of performing access authentication in said proxy mobile IP communication;

providing said access gateway with a time information acquisition management unit managing the time information of said mobile terminal;

said time information acquisition management unit working in association with an access authentication function of performing access authentication in said proxy mobile IP communication; and

providing said mobility anchor with a time information acquisition/management unit acquiring the time information of said mobile terminal;

said time information acquisition/management unit working in association with a proxy mobile IP registration unit;

said proxy mobile IP registration unit doing proxy mobile IP registration in an IP proxy mobile IP communication by one of said registration notification messages;

said access gateway entering said time information acquired from said mobile terminal in an access authentication sequence with said proxy mobile IP registration unit in said one of said registration notification messages to alert said time information to said mobility anchor,

wherein if said mobility anchor has received a registration notification message of time information older than the time information embedded within the registration message and saved in the mobility anchor, said mobility anchor saves the time information of the registration message as the current received time information and alerts an error to said access gateway to re-acquire the time information of said mobile terminal.