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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
Milind M. Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);
Alpesh Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
Milind M. Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US);
Alpesh Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for obtaining home agent assignment. The invention uses a DNS query to signal a request for dynamic home agent assignment. The DNS query will cause a content routing device to be notified that home agent assignment is being requested. The content routing device can then use predetermined metrics to select a home agent. A DNS response will then be sent back to the device that initiated the DNS query containing the IP address of the selected home agent.