Airvana, Inc.

Steve Kohalmi

Balaji B Raghothaman

Leigh M Chinitz

Woojune Kim

Deepak Das

Minsh Den

Sundaram M Rajagopalan

An access terminal identity based mobility is provided in which a first network tunnel is established between an access gateway and a first access router, and a second network tunnel is established between the access gateway and a second access router. At the access gateway, source addresses of packets sent from an access terminal to a remote correspondent node are translated by replacing the local address of the access terminal with the public address of the access terminal. The access terminal continuously maintain a communication session with the correspondent node as the access terminal moves from a first location to a second location and switches from accessing the first access router to accessing the second access router. A mapping between the local address and the public address is updated as the access terminal switches from the first access router to the second access router.

Network address translation for tunnel mobility

In general, a first private access point detects a neighboring private access point. An address of the neighboring private access point is identified, and a peer-to-peer network that includes the first private access point and the neighboring private access points is formed. The peer-to-peer network is maintained between the first private access point and the neighboring private access points.

Geography aware peer-to-peer overlay creation

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Newton, MA, United States of America

Steve Kohalmi