Abstract:
An edge node of an Access/Network Service Provider (ANP) network tracks the delivery into the ANP network of content from Contzzent Providers (CP), and generates accounting sessions with an accounting server. The edge node is provisioned with the IP addresses of known CP servers. A content delivery session, characterized by a CP IP address and a content identifier, such as a Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) value, is started upon the source IP address of a packet matching a known CP, and a packet count is incremented for each subsequent packet from the CP with the same content identifier. An accounting session is initiated with an accounting server when the content delivery session is started, and the accounting session is terminated, with the packet count for the session, upon a time-out since the last packet received. Multiple content delivery sessions may be ongoing simultaneously.
Abstract:
A method and nodes are provided for registering a terminal. The terminal is capable of connecting in two distinct networks. The registration process for the terminal maps an identity and traffic handling policies of the terminal in a first network with an address prefix of the terminal obtained from the second network. The address prefix is obtained from the second network following authorization of the terminal in the first network. As traffic is exchanged between the terminal and a correspondent node while the terminal is accessing the second network, the mapping is used to ensure that policies for the terminal in the first network are applied in the second network.
Abstract:
A method and system for seamlessly handing off a Mobile Node (MN) equipped with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) adaptor from a cellular network such as a GRPS/UMTS network to a WLAN network without interrupting the ongoing IP connection/session. When entering a WLAN coverage area, the roaming MN sends mobility information to a WLAN Integration Gateway (WIG) node allowing the WIG node to identify the source Service GPRS Support Node (SGSN). The WIG node contacts the source SGSN to obtain PDP Context information relative to the roaming MN, and establishes a new GTP tunnel with the servicing GGSN in order to complete the handoff. The WIG node may route data traffic for the MN by assigning a new IP address to the MN and by either performing IP-in-IP encapsulation or Network Address Translation (NAT).
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer program products for security context escrowing are provided herein. According to one aspect, a method of operation of a network node for a telecommunications network comprises storing security context information associated with a small data, fast path connection between a wireless device and a first gateway that is serving the wireless device, determining a change in the gateway that is serving the wireless device from the first gateway to a second gateway, and, in response to determining the change, providing the stored security context information to the second gateway for use with the wireless device.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are described which provide communication between a correspondent node and a mobile node including receiving a home prefix of the mobile node and a list of correspondent nodes by a mobile access gateway having an access link with the mobile node and submitting proxy binding update messages by the mobile access gateway to a home agent corresponding to the mobile node and to each of the correspondent nodes in the list.
Abstract:
Antenna sharing techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise an antenna, a switch to couple to the antenna, and multiple transceivers to couple to the switch. The mobile computing device may also comprise an antenna management module to couple to the switch and the transceivers. The antenna management module may control the switch to electrically connect one of the transceivers to the antenna. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Abstract:
Methods, a data source and a router are provided to fragment packets that are to be sent in multicast mode towards a plurality of destinations comprised in a multicast group. Each router along a path leading from the data source towards some of the destinations sends its maximum transmission unit value in an uplink direction. Each router directly connected to the data source calculates a lowest maximum transmission unit based on various maximum transmission unit values received from downstream routers. The data source receives from each of the directly connected routers a maximum transmission unit value, which is certain to be acceptable to all routers and destinations of the multicast group downstream of that directly connected router. The data source selects a lowest one of the received maximum transmission unit values and fragments data contents accordingly.
Abstract:
Methods and nodes are provided for supporting session continuity for terminals capable of having simultaneous accesses while served by a plurality of gateways. Distinct binding cache entries (BCE) are stored for a terminal, each BCE being related to one of the gateways serving the terminal. The BCEs identify the terminal, provide an address allocated thereto for getting access at a gateway, and identify the gateway providing the access. When detection is made that two of more BCEs relate to the same terminal for distinct gateways, address information is sent to each other gateway.
Abstract:
A plurality of networked devices on a communication network host services and instances of those services. These services and service instances are mapped onto destination addresses within a given address space. Thus, the destination addresses provide information about the location of the networked devices, as well as the functional topology of the network. Data packets may be routed to a desired service instance using these destination addresses.
Abstract:
A Mobile Node, A Network Node and a method performed in a visited network of a telecommunications network. The Mobile Node has a home address (HoA) valid in a Mobile Node's home network of the telecommunications network or knows how to generate one. The HoA is used in the visited network. A Pad Translator Generator module generates a Pad Translator (PaT) from at least one protection parameter by applying at least one exclusive-or (XOR) thereon and a Pad Translator Applicator module applies the PaT on at least a portion of a header of a packet using an exclusive-or (XOR) function thereby enabling protection of at least a portion of the HoA in the visited network.