Route optimization at a packet data switch node

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9161205-B2
Application number	US-35421206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2006
Priority date	Feb 14, 2006
Publication date	Oct 13, 2015
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of route optimization. The method may include obtaining a packet associated with a first address associated, by a home agent, with a first mobile unit and routing the packet to a second address associated with a second mobile unit along a forward link of a communication path that bypasses the home agent.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a packet data switch node, a packet associated with a first address that is associated with a first mobile unit by a first home agent; and
routing the packet from the packet data switch node to a second address associated with a second mobile unit along a forward link of a communication path that bypasses the first home agent when the packet data switch node terminates a first session with the first mobile unit and a second session with the second mobile unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the packet comprises receiving the packet from the first mobile unit via at least one base station.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein routing the packet comprises routing the packet from the packet data switch node to the second mobile unit through an Internet Protocol-Point-to-Point Protocol (IP-PPP) tunnel between the first and second addresses when the packet data switch node terminates a first PPP session with the first mobile unit and a second PPP session with the second mobile unit.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein routing the packet comprises determining whether the first and second addresses are allocated from either the same home network address range or the same address pool using information stored in the packet data switch node.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein routing the packet comprises routing the packet from the packet data switch node to the second mobile unit when both the first and second address are allocated from the same address pool maintained by the first home agent.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining whether the first and second addresses are from the same address pool comprises determining whether the first and second mobile units are in a visitor list maintained by the packet data switch node.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein routing the packet through the IP-PPP tunnel comprises determining a tunnel endpoint address associated with the second mobile unit based on the visitor list.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein routing the packet comprises tunneling the packet from the packet data switch node to the second mobile unit through the IP-PPP tunnel based on the tunnel endpoint address.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein routing the packet comprises routing the packet by comparing address pool tags in the visitor list.

Assignees

• Bosch Peter
• Polakos Paul Anthony
• Rajkumar Ajay
• Rangarajan Sampath
• Alcatel Lucent

Inventors

• Bosch Peter
• Polakos Paul Anthony
• Rajkumar Ajay
• Rangarajan Sampath

Classifications

• H04L45/00

  Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks (routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00) · CPC title

• H04W8/082 Primary

  for traffic bypassing of mobility servers, e.g. location registers, home PLMNs or home agents · CPC title

• H04W8/26

  Network addressing or numbering for mobility support · CPC title

• H04W80/04

  Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol] · CPC title

• H04W40/00

  Communication routing or communication path finding · CPC title