Internet protocol address management for communicating packets in a network environment
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying that an Internet Protocol (IP) address managed by a home bearer manager has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the visited bearer manager anchors a visited anchored bearer path for communications with the access terminal using the visited anchored bearer path, and wherein the home bearer manager anchors a home anchored bearer path for communication with the access terminal using the home anchored bearer path, the home anchored bearer path passing through the visited bearer manager; and
communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home network and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address.
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes identifying through a home bearer manager that an Internet Protocol (IP) address has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network. The method further includes communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network. The registrations in the home and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. In more specific embodiments, the IP address serves as a care of address (CoA) address and a home IP address concurrently. The IP address can be exchanged via a mobile IP (MIP) exchange. The home and visited bearer managers are independent or interdependent.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying that an Internet Protocol (IP) address managed by a home bearer manager has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the visited bearer manager anchors a visited anchored bearer path for communications with the access terminal using the visited anchored bearer path, and wherein the home bearer manager anchors a home anchored bearer path for communication with the access terminal using the home anchored bearer path, the home anchored bearer path passing through the visited bearer manager; and communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home network and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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a home bearer manager that identifies that an Internet Protocol (IP) address managed by the home bearer manager has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the home bearer manager communicates the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, and wherein the registrations in the home network and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address; and wherein the visited bearer manager anchors a visited anchored bearer path for communications with the access terminal using the visited anchored bearer path, and wherein the home bearer manager anchors a home anchored bearer path for communication with the access terminal using the home anchored bearer path, the home anchored bearer path passing through the visited bearer manager. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to:
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identify that an Internet Protocol (IP) address managed by a home bearer manager has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the visited bearer manager anchors a visited anchored bearer path for communications with the access terminal using the visited anchored bearer path, and wherein the home bearer manager anchors a home anchored bearer path for communication with the access terminal using the home anchored bearer path, the home anchored bearer path passing through the visited bearer manager; and communicate the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home network and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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means for identifying that an Internet Protocol (IP) address managed by a home bearer manager has been previously sent to an access terminal, the IP address being issued by a visited bearer manager as a result of the access terminal requesting registration in a visited network, wherein the visited bearer manager anchors a visited anchored bearer path for communications with the access terminal using the visited anchored bearer path, and wherein the home bearer manager anchors a home anchored bearer path for communication with the access terminal using the home anchored bearer path, the home anchored bearer path passing through the visited bearer manager; and means for communicating the IP address to the access terminal in response to the access terminal registering in a home network, wherein the registrations in the home network and the visited network allow a plurality of packets to be communicated to the access terminal via the IP address, wherein the IP address serves as a care of address (CoA) address and a home IP address concurrently.
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