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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Mohamed Khalil, Murphy, TX (US);
Haseeb Akhtar, Garland, TX (US);
Emad A. Qaddoura, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention supports a generalized link-layer address extension for an information packet transmission on an IP mobility system. In the invention, a link-layer address for a node can be communicated in any information packet rather than confined to a specialized message format. The link-layer address can be used in link-layer routing protocols to simplify mobile IP hand-offs and routing, reducing overhead data traffic and allowing more efficient use of network resources.