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Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohamed Khalil, Murphy, TX (US);

Ahmad Muhanna, Richardson, TX (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention supports a communication protocol for transmission of information packets between a mobile node and a virtual private network. Information packets are encapsulated and decapsulated along the route as the information packet is forwarded among the various networks on its path to the destination address; either the mobile node on a foreign network or a correspondence node on a virtual private network. A home agent on the virtual private network supports transmitting the information packets, and the information packets are transmitted from the virtual private network from the home agent or a virtual private network gateway.


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