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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Wenxing Zheng, Westford, MA (US);
Kirk McBean, North Wales, PA (US);
Srinath Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhananjay Shrikrishna Patki, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method provided in one embodiment includes receiving, at a packet gateway, a first binding update message from a mobile access gateway. The first binding update message has a destination address associated with a local mobility anchor. The method further includes extracting at least one session identifier associated with the mobile access gateway from the first binding update message, constructing an option field including the at least one session identifier, and appending the option field to the first binding update message to form a second binding update message. The method further includes sending the second binding update message to the local mobility anchor.