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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2005
Applicants:

Mahmood Hossain, Cary, NC (US);

Suresh Bhogavilli, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Chirayu Shah, Germantown, MD (US);

Kevin Purser, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Mahmood Hossain, Cary, NC (US);

Suresh Bhogavilli, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Chirayu Shah, Germantown, MD (US);

Kevin Purser, Bethesda, MD (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Providing resiliency for mobile terminal data sessions, wherein the data sessions rely on Internet Protocol Version 4 and wherein at least one Home Agent node maintains a mobility bindings database for all registered mobile terminals while they are away from a home network. A first aspect of the invention provides physical Home Agent redundancy, perceived by each mobile node as Home Agent IP address redundancy, and a second aspect provides session resiliency. While the second aspect of the invention provides for session resiliency, it uses a mechanism of the former for master failure detection and Home Agent IP address take-over by a backup Home Agent.


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