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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1999
Germano Caronni, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amit Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tom R. Markson, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sandeep Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christoph L. Schuba, Mountain View, CA (US);
Glenn C. Scott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Germano Caronni, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amit Gupta, Fremont, CA (US);
Tom R. Markson, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sandeep Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Christoph L. Schuba, Mountain View, CA (US);
Glenn C. Scott, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a Supernet, a private network constructed out of components from a public-network infrastructure. The Supernet provides flexible and dynamic mobility support. When a destination node moves to a new location, it automatically updates the sending nodes with its new IP address. The destination node can choose among a number of ways to update the sending nodes, providing flexibility not found in conventional networks. Thus, a node can change locations repeatedly and continue to communicate directly with other nodes without the use of a proxy or other middleman.