Abstract: In an IP-based mobile communications system, the Mobile Node changes its point of attachment to the network while maintaining network connectivity. The present invention improves the attachment of the Mobile Node to the IP mobile communications system by allowing a AAA Broker Server to maintain client information necessary to establish the a secure Mobile Node connection to the home network.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2005
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited
Inventors:
Rambabu Tummala, David J. Mitton, Haseeb Akhtar