System and method for searching for session ID in wireless mobile IP communication system

• US 8,392,584 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2009
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jean, Sung-Kee
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, TAE K
• Application Number:
  US12/414,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/249, 709227-230, 709238-244, 370/310, 370/331, 370/328, 370/338, 370351-356, 370/395.2, 370/400, 370/401, 455/410, 455/435.1, 455/432.1, 455/432.2, 455/432.3, 455/433, 455436-445
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

A system and a method for performing session setup in a wireless communication system that uses a Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP) are provided. In the method, when at least one Mobile Node (MN) requests registration, a Network Access Identifier (NAI) of the MN is determined. A session Identification (ID) is assigned to the NAI of the MN. The session ID assigned to the NAI is inserted into an Identification Low field forming a registration request field of a message requesting registration of the MN. The message is transmitted to a Home Agent (HA) of the MN. A Foreign Agent (FA) can more easily search for an MN corresponding to a registration reply message provided from the HA, and memory consumption and a time delay that occurs due to a hash method may be reduced.

Claims

1. A method for setting up a session at a Foreign Agent (FA) of a wireless communication system that uses a Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), the method comprising:

determining, by the FA, a Network Access Identifier (NAI) of a Mobile Node (MN), when at least one MN requests registration;

assigning, by the FA, a session Identification (ID) to the NAI of the MN;

inserting, by the FA, the session ID assigned to the NAI into an Identification Low field forming a registration request field of a message requesting registration of the MN;

transmitting, by the FA, the message to a Home Agent (HA) of the MN;

determining, by the FA, an MN to which registration information included in a registration reply message is to be transmitted using the session ID included in an Identification Low field forming a registration reply field of the registration reply message, when the registration reply message is received from the HA; and

transmitting the registration information to the determined MN,

wherein the Identification Low field comprises the session ID of the MN and time information for discriminating at least two messages comprising a same Identification High field.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the NAI comprises, determining the NAI of the MN included in a MIP registration request message, when the MIP registration request message is received from the MN.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the NAI comprises, determining the NAI of the MN from an Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server, when a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) discover message is received from the MN.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the session ID inserted into the Identification Low field is determined based on the number of MNs for which an MIP service is supported by the FA.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the registration information comprises:

transmitting a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) offer message comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the MN; and

transmitting a reply message to a message requesting confirmation of the IP address assignment to the MN, when a message requesting confirmation of the IP address assignment is received from the MN.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the IP address comprises a care of address for the MN.

7. A wireless communication system that uses a Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), for performing a session setup, the system comprising:

a Foreign Agent (FA) for inserting a session Identification (ID) assigned to a Network Access Identifier (NAI) into an Identification Low field forming a registration request field of a message requesting registration of a Mobile Node (MN), when at least one MN requests registration, for assigning a session ID to an NAI of the MN, and for transmitting the message to a Home Agent (HA); and

the HA for performing a binding cache for the MN according to registration request information of the MN included in the message provided from the FA, for inserting the session ID of the MN into an Identification Low field forming a registration reply field of a message including registration information of the MN, and for transmitting the message to the FA,

wherein the FA determines the MN to which the registration information included in the message is to be transmitted using the session ID inserted into the Identification Low field forming the registration reply field of the message comprising the registration information provided from the HA, and transmits the registration information to the determined MN, and

wherein the FA generates the Identification Low field such that the Identification Low field comprises the session ID assigned to the NAI and time information for discriminating at least two messages comprising a same Identification High field.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein, when an MIP registration request message is received from the MN, the FA determines the NAI of the MN included in the MIP registration request message.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the FA determines the NAI of the MN from an Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server, when a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) discover message is received from the MN.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the FA determines a size of the session ID inserted into the Identification Low field based on the number of MNs for which an MIP service is supported by the FA.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the HA copies a value of the Identification Low field included in the message provided from the FA to the Identification Low field forming the registration reply field, and transmits the same to the FA.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the FA transmits the registration information comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the determined MN.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the registration information is transmitted in a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) offer message.

14. The system of claim 7, further comprising an MN for transmitting, to the FA, a message for requesting confirmation of assignment of an Internet Protocol (IP) address included in the registration information provided from the FA,

wherein the FA transmits a reply message to the message requesting confirmation of the assignment of the IP address and received from the MN, to the MN.