Cisco Technology, Inc.

Clarence Drumheller

Rajesh Ramankutty

Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil

Greg Cheever

Satya (Satish) Vasamsetti

Methods and systems for providing redundancy in servicing packet data communications within wireless mobile data networks are disclosed. More particularly, the method and system for provide a redundant Home Agent with the ability to assume the role of the primary Home Agent in the event of a primary Home Agent network, software, or other failure. The redundancy allows Home Agent services to remain functional in the case of a failure of one of the Home Agents in the redundant group, which may be composed of one or more Home Agents. The Home Agents can be located in geographically separate areas to ensure that a network outage event in one geographic area does not cause subscriber services to be impacted.

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Easton, PA, United States of America

Clarence Drumheller