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Virtual home agent service using software-replicated home agents
Assignee: UTStarcom Inc
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Filing: 1999-02-25
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Granted: 2003-05-06
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Expires: 2019-02-25
Abstract
Abstract Multiple home agents for a home agent service provider network are implemented in a single computing platform in software as multiple virtual home agents. Each home agent is assigned or dedicated to a single virtual private network. Any number of home agents can be realized in the computing platform by multiple instantiations of a home agent program or code, and by providing unique IP addresses for each instantiation. Each home agent runs independently, and is independently configured and managed by the subscriber of the virtual private network service, freeing the service provider of having to manage and supervise low level processing tasks and customization features that the subscribers may want. In a representative embodiment, the computing platform comprises a router having a general purpose-computing platform.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth L. Peirce, Jr.
- 👤 Matthew Harper
- 👤 Timothy G. Mortsolf
- 👤 Yingchun Xu
- 👤 Richard J. Dynarski
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 22:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L63/00; H04L63/02; H04L63/0272; H04L45/00; H04L45/58; H04L63/08; H04W; H04W68/00; H04W8/00; H04W8/02; H04W8/06; H04W8/08; H04W8/12; H04L69/00; H04L69/16; H04W80/00; H04W80/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of handing a registration request from a mobile communications device, comprising the steps of: providing a master home agent in a communications chassis, said master home agent comprising a plurality of software-replicated home agents; receiving a registration request from said mobile communications device at said communications chassis and forwarding said registration request to one of a plurality of software-replicated home agents in said communications chassis in accordance with an address in said registration request; generating a registration request authentication message in said one of said plurality of software replicated home agents; transmitting said registration request authentication message from said communications chassis to an accounting, authentication, and authorization (AAA) server; receiving a reply to said registration authentication message from said AAA server at said one of said plurality of software-replicated home agents; and forwarding a reply to said registration request message from said communications chassis to said mobile communications device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of handing a registration request from a mobile communications device, comprising the steps of: providing a master home agent in a communications chassis, said master home agent comprising a plurality of software-replicated home agents; receiving a registration request from said mobile communications device at said communications chassis and forwarding said registration request to one of a plurality of software-replicated home agents in said communications chassis in accordance with an address in said registration request; generating a registration request authentication message in said one of said plurality of software replicated home agents; transmitting said registration request authentication message from said communications chassis to an accounting, authentication, and authorization (AAA) server; receiving a reply to said registration authentication message from said AAA server at said one of said plurality of software-replicated home agents; and forwarding a reply to said registration request message from said communications chassis to said mobile communications device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein each of said home agents comprise an instantiation of a home agent software program implemented in said communications chassis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said communications chassis comprises a router.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said communications chassis comprises a general purpose computer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The communications chassis of claim 1 , wherein each of said home agents are associated with a virtual private network.
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