Method of providing a mobility service
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1. A method, comprising:
- executing one or more applications at a user equipment within a mobility service via a home agent to which the user equipment is registered;
then, responsive to availability of the home agent, attempting to connect the user equipment to the home agent;
responsive to the attempting step failing one or more times, for each connection handle in one or more applications executing at the user equipment;
associating the connection handle with a mobility service destination network; and
running a signalling procedure to select a best access of the mobility service destination network for the connection handle;
then, after a timeout period, again attempting to connect the user equipment to the home agent in the mobility service; and
responsive to the again attempting step succeeding, associating each connection handle in one or more applications executing at the user equipment with the mobility service.
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Abstract
A method comprising running an application on user equipment; providing a mobility service; using a packet switched connection when said mobility service is unavailable; and using said mobility service when said mobility service becomes available.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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executing one or more applications at a user equipment within a mobility service via a home agent to which the user equipment is registered; then, responsive to availability of the home agent, attempting to connect the user equipment to the home agent; responsive to the attempting step failing one or more times, for each connection handle in one or more applications executing at the user equipment; associating the connection handle with a mobility service destination network; and running a signalling procedure to select a best access of the mobility service destination network for the connection handle; then, after a timeout period, again attempting to connect the user equipment to the home agent in the mobility service; and responsive to the again attempting step succeeding, associating each connection handle in one or more applications executing at the user equipment with the mobility service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A user equipment apparatus configured to:
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execute one or more applications, each of the one or more executing applications having a connection handle associated with a mobility service via a home agent to which the user equipment apparatus is registered; responsive to loss of availability of the home agent, cause each of the one or more executing applications to inherit a destination network from the mobility service; then attempt to connect to the home agent in the mobility service; responsive to the attempt to connect failing one or more times, for each of the connection handles in the one or more applications; associate the connection handle with a mobility service destination network; and run a signalling procedure to select a best access of the mobility service destination network for the connection handle; then, after a timeout period, again attempt to connect to the home agent in the mobility service; and responsive to the again attempting step succeeding, associate each of the connection handles in the one or more executing applications with the mobility service. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed on a user equipment apparatus, cause the user equipment apparatus to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
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execute one or more applications, each of the one or more executing applications having a connection handle associated with a mobility service via a home agent to which the user equipment apparatus is registered; responsive to loss of availability of the home agent, cause each of the one or more executing applications to inherit a destination network from the mobility service; then attempt to connect to the home agent in the mobility service; responsive to the attempt to connect failing one or more times, for each of the connection handles in the one or more applications; associate the connection handle with a mobility service destination network; and run a signalling procedure to select a best access of the mobility service destination network for the connection handle; then, after a timeout period, again attempt to connect to the home agent in the mobility service; responsive to the again attempting step succeeding, associate each of the connection handles in the one or more executing applications with the mobility service.
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