Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and system are described for a central station to allocate virtual IP addresses. A device service manager server (DSM) has a network access module configured to cooperate with two or more device service controllers (DSCs). The DSM serves as a central management station for allocating and assigning Virtual IP addresses to network devices to proxy communications for networked devices on a local area network (LAN) where each DSC resides. In some embodiments, various protocols may use UDP broadcasts to perform device discovery.
Abstract:
A method of facilitating access to a Host Identity Protocol security procedure by a host connected to a moving network, where the moving network comprises a Host Identity Protocol server responsible for allocating local IP addresses to attached hosts. The method comprises registering at a rendezvous server an IP address prefix for use by said Host Identity Protocol server in allocating said local addresses, together with an externally reachable IP address of the Host Identity Protocol server. The registered IP address prefix is used at the rendezvous server to forward received Il messages to the Host Identity Protocol server. The rendezvous server controls the allocation and registration of address prefixes to Host Identity Protocol servers in order to prevent collision of local IP addresses.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method comprising receiving, at a node, an address assignment message, allocating, by the node, a predetermined address interval of an available address space to a respective port of the node which predetermined address interval is defined in the address assignment message, and assigning at least one address for performing communication via a respective port starting with a center address of the predetermined address interval of the available address space allocated for the port concerned. Further, exemplary embodiments of the present invention also relate to respective devices and system.
Abstract:
The invention describes a method for operating a moving network (MO) comprising a mobile router (MR) assigned to a home agent (HA) in a home network (HN), wherein a plurality of local network nodes (LFN, LMN) belong to the moving network (MO) and wherein the moving network (MO) is attachable to different networks comprising the home network (HN) and foreign networks (FN) via the mobile router (MR) by using a mobility protocol, particularly the NEMO-protocol. First, second and third separate groups of addresses (G,G2,G3) are allocated in the home network.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for managing call continuity in a network environment (100) including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network (112) wherein unique identity (ID) information supplied by a user equipment (UE) device (302) is utilized. A pool of dynamically allocable IP multimedia routing numbers (IMRNs) maintained at an IMS network node (308) are used for associating an IMRN with call information received from the UE device (302), which can include at least one of a GRUU, Instance ID, and the called party number relating to a call. When the dynamically allocated IMRN is returned by the UE device (302), the network node (308) utilizes the IMRN mapping to effectuate call continuity with respect to the called party.