Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for enabling a device that needs to send high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic to send the user plane traffic even in the case where a group bandwidth has an upper limit in group-based communication. According to the technique, when an MTC device that is to send high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic sends a service request to a network node (P-GW 213a), the network node allows use of a minimum bandwidth bearer in the case where the upper limit of the group bandwidth is exceeded. The MTC device sends a traffic sending request to an MTC server 214a via the bearer. The MTC server stops traffic of an appropriate other MTC device, to secure a bandwidth for the MTC device having the high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique to eliminate wasted tunneling encapsulation processing during redirection of a packet. According to the technique, when a packet of a first connection passing through a local mobility anchor (“LMA”) 111 and a mobile access gateway (“MAG”) 121 using a first prefix of an interface 131 of a mobile node (“MN”) 130 is redirected to a second connection passing through a LMA 112 and a MAG 122 using a second prefix of an interface 132 of the MN 130, a redirection tunnel T1 is established between the LMA 111 and the LMA 112. When the MAG 122 knows the first prefix, the LMA 112 encapsulates a packet addressed to the first prefix that is redirected via the tunnel T to be addressed to the MAG 122 for transferring.

Abstract: A path switching system is provided, in which when UE has been offloaded from a first PDN-GW to a second PDN-GW, if there is an additional connection of the UE to the first PDN-GW, processing related to the additional connection can be performed on the UE side. The system includes: a control unit for sending a mobile terminal a message including information indicative of having switched relay devices, which relay a packet between the mobile terminal and a communication device, from a first relay device to a second relay device; and the mobile terminal for determining whether there is an added path other than part of a path from the mobile device before movement to the communication device and capable of being managed by the control unit, established between the mobile terminal and the first relay device, and when there is the added path, performing processing on the added path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for enabling a mobile terminal, which is capable of using a plurality of communication routes for communication with a correspondent node, to select an appropriate communication route to communicate with the correspondent node. According to the technique, the mobile terminal (UE/MN 313B) requests a predetermined network node (P-GW 317) to detect whether or not the correspondent node (CN 318B) exists in the same domain. The P-GW monitors a packet sent from the CN to the UE/MN and, when detecting the packet, determines whether or not the CN exists in the same domain. In the case of determining that the CN exists in the same domain, the P-GW reports information that the CN exists in the same domain, to the UE/MN. The UE/MN selects an interface used for communicating with the CN, based on the reported determination result.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed, according to which a race condition between a PMIPv6 binding by a PBU message of PMIPv6 and a CMIPv6 binding by a BU message of CMIPv6 can be resolved. MN 200 has a plurality of radio communication interfaces, and a first interface is connected to MAG 220 of a home PMIPv6 domain 230, for instance. In case the connection of a second interface is changed from MAG 221 of a home PMIPv6 domain to AR 222 of a CMIPv6 domain 231, a BU message 262 is transmitted from the second interface to LMA/HA 250, and identification information of this BU message is notified to MAG from the first interface. By adding time information to this identification information and by transmitting it to LMA/HA, MAG can identify transmission time of the BU message (i.e. relative order with the other messages) from this time information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for surely supporting multihoming for a mobile terminal (mobile node) moving in a local mobility domain. A mobile node (MN) 11 connects via an IF 110 to a mobile access gateway (MAG) 102 that supports multihoming, and further attempts to connect via an IF 111 to a MAG 103 that does not support multihoming. Under these conditions, according to this technique, when the MN recognizes that the MAG 103 does not support multihoming, the MN notifies a local mobility domain that the MAG 103 does not support multihoming if connection with the MAG 103 is not yet established, and notifies the local mobility domain of information on a connection to a local mobility domain other than the MAG 103 (connection with the MAG 102) if the connection with the MAG 103 is already established.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for enabling a device that needs to send high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic to send the user plane traffic even in the case where a group bandwidth has an upper limit in group-based communication. According to the technique, when an MTC device that is to send high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic sends a service request to a network node (P-GW 213a), the network node allows use of a minimum bandwidth bearer in the case where the upper limit of the group bandwidth is exceeded. The MTC device sends a traffic sending request to an MTC server 214a via the bearer. The MTC server stops traffic of an appropriate other MTC device, to secure a bandwidth for the MTC device having the high priority and high bandwidth user plane traffic.

Abstract: A path switching system is provided, in which when UE has been offloaded from a first PDN-GW to a second PDN-GW, if there is an additional connection of the UE to the first PDN-GW, processing related to the additional connection can be performed on the UE side. The system includes: a control unit for sending a mobile terminal a message including information indicative of having switched relay devices, which relay a packet between the mobile terminal and a communication device, from a first relay device to a second relay device; and the mobile terminal for determining whether there is an added path other than part of a path from the mobile device before movement to the communication device and capable of being managed by the control unit, established between the mobile terminal and the first relay device, and when there is the added path, performing processing on the added path.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed for providing a connection status notifying method and the like that can infer that a new connection will become usable shortly based on a predetermined action, and give notification thereof. The technology includes a step at which a mobile node 1000 receives information stating that connection will be broken from a base station that is a current connection destination, a step at which the mobile node starts a predetermined process with a base station that is a new connection destination, and a step at which the mobile node generates a predetermined notification message and transmits the generated predetermined notification message when the predetermined process is judged to be completed, the predetermined notification message being used to give notification to a predetermined component part within the mobile node or to another communication node that a connected state is established with the base station of the new connection destination at an early stage.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed with which a mobile terminal moving in a PMIP domain receives various types of prefixes and selects a type of an address to be configured, and route optimization is performed without adding a signaling load on the PMIP domain. According to the technique, when connecting with a home domain, a MN (310) requests a plurality of prefixes. When a MAG (320) makes an AAA server (340) authorize the MN and receives a notification instruction of the plurality of prefixes from the AAA server, the MAG 320 makes a notification of the plurality of prefixes with a RA message (364), for example. The MN configures a plurality of addresses (for example, a PMIP address including a PMIP domain prefix or a global address including an on-link prefix) from the plurality of prefixes received and notifies the MAG of the same. The MAG registers a plurality of bindings relating to the plurality of addresses with a LMA (330).

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for enabling a mobile terminal, which is capable of using a plurality of communication routes for communication with a correspondent node, to select an appropriate communication route to communicate with the correspondent node. According to the technique, the mobile terminal (UE/MN 313B) requests a predetermined network node (P-GW 317) to detect whether or not the correspondent node (CN 318B) exists in the same domain. The P-GW monitors a packet sent from the CN to the UE/MN and, when detecting the packet, determines whether or not the CN exists in the same domain. In the case of determining that the CN exists in the same domain, the P-GW reports information that the CN exists in the same domain, to the UE/MN. The UE/MN selects an interface used for communicating with the CN, based on the reported determination result.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique to eliminate wasted tunneling encapsulation processing during redirection of a packet. According to the technique, when a packet of a first connection passing through a LMA 111 and a MAG 121 using a first address of an interface 131 of a MN 130 is redirected to a second connection passing through a LMA 112 and a MAG 122 using a second address of an interface 132 of the MN 130, a redirection tunnel T1 is established between the LMA 111 and the LMA 112. When the MAG 122 knows the first address, the LMA 112 encapsulates a packet addressed to the first address that is redirected via the tunnel T to be addressed to the MAG 122 for transferring.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed for preventing packet and transferring packets to a switched interface with minimal delay, when a mobile node switches a using interface. According to the technology, when a MN 200 is communicating with a MAG (WLAN) 232, a PBU message 301 has already been transmitted from the MAG (WLAN) 232 to the LMA 220, and binding related to a WLAN connection 242 is already registered in the LMA 220. When an interface switching event 300 is generated, the MN 200 transmits to the MAG (WLAN) 232 via the WLAN connection 242, a binding in-advance registration message 302 for registering a binding in advance. When the MAG (WLAN) 232 detects disconnection 310 of the WLAN connection 242, the MAG (WLAN) 232 transmits a registration delete/trigger message 312a to the LMA 220, registers and triggers in the LMA 220 the in-advance registration binding registered in the MAG (WLAN) 232, and deletes the PBU message 301.

Abstract: A technology is disclosed for reducing the burst of DAD messages which may be triggered due to the change of the network prefix when using the technique of the neighbor discovery proxy. According to this technology, in roaming from the access network link 101 to the access network link 102, MR 121 receives advertisement of a new prefix 172 from AR 112. MR 121 selects and informs, for example only MR 122, that it is necessary to change the prefix. Thus, MR 122 and VMN 132 configure new addresses, respectively. When address configuration is completed at the mobile network of MR 122, MR 121 informs another MR 123 that it is necessary to change the prefix, and then MR 123 and VMN 133 configure new addresses, respectively. This can prevent DAD messages generated along with the address configuration from flocking in a short period.

Abstract: A technique is disclosed to decrease unnecessary routing during communication between a mobile node and a correspondent node in case a home agent of the mobile node is a mobile home agent. According to this technique, HA 112 positioned in a home network 102 and HA 114 of MN 130 are included. In a communication system, where HA 114 is a mobile home agent, and a mobile network 104 of HA 114 is hierarchized under the home network 102, HA 114, which is a home agent, discovers HA 112 positioned in the home network 102 when it is detected that it is away from the home network 102 and delegates binding cache entry of MN 130 under its own management to HA 112 so that HA 112 acts as a home agent for MN 130.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique in which, when respective addresses of multiple interfaces of a mobile node are registered with a mobile management device, a delay in transmission of packets destined to addresses other than the source address of a bulk registration message is prevented. According to the technique, an MN 100 uses each of addresses associated with IFs 1000 and 1001 as a source address, respectively, to send a HA 101 an individual registration BU message S30, S31 for registering the source address individually. When receiving the individual registration BU message S30, S31, the HA 101 registers the source address as having been verified through ingress filtering of a foreign network domain 11, and sends a BA message S32, S33 to authorize bulk registration for updating the respective addresses in bulk.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a technique to bind home address of a mobile node to prefixes assigned to a mobile node having a plurality of interfaces, and the present invention reduces number of binding update messages and a packet size. According to this technique, length (e.g. 64 bits) of an original prefix P1 is extended by one bit and lower-level prefixes P11 and P12 with 65 bits each are generated, and by extending the length of the lower-level prefix P12 with 65 bits by one bit, lower-level prefixes P121 and P122 each with 66 bits are generated, and the lower-level prefixes P11, P121 and P122 are assigned to interfaces IF1, IF2 and IF3 of MN 200 respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for minimizing the number of prefixes to be allocated to a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal having multiple access technologies moves within a mobility management domain of a local network. According to the technique, management is so performed that prefixes necessary for a mobile terminal (MN 100) to perform communication will be allocated to the MN, and a mobility management domain 110 maintains only the prefixes necessary for the MN to perform communication. For example, when the MN detects a state in which a prefix needs changing (step S120), it determines a state in which network prefixes necessary for the MN are allocated to the MN, and notifies the mobility management domain of prefix preference for achieving this state (step s150). The prefix preference includes a reduce request for unnecessary prefixes, a reuse request on another interface, a recycle request indicative of use at another MN, and the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for surely supporting multihoming for a mobile terminal (mobile node) moving in a local mobility domain. A mobile node (MN) 11 connects via an IF 110 to a mobile access gateway (MAG) 102 that supports multihoming, and further attempts to connect via an IF 111 to a MAG 103 that does not support multihoming. Under these conditions, according to this technique, when the MN recognizes that the MAG 103 does not support multihoming, the MN notifies a local mobility domain that the MAG 103 does not support multihoming if connection with the MAG 103 is not yet established, and notifies the local mobility domain of information on a connection to a local mobility domain other than the MAG 103 (connection with the MAG 102) if the connection with the MAG 103 is already established.

Abstract: The invention provides a technique to reduce a packet size of signaling to request vertical handoff in case a mobile node has static vertical handoff rules. According to this technique, MN 500, which has an If1, a WiMAX If2 and a WLAN If3, each being communicable with a PMIPv6 domain 511, roams within the PMIPv6 domain 511, and when the WiMAX If2 or the WLAN If3 is selectively and newly connected to WiMAX or WLAN, a prefix P2 to uniquely transfer the prefix P1 relating to If1 without transferring the prefix P1 relating to If1 to the WiMAX-If2 and the WLAN-If3, and to uniquely transfer from the WiMAX If2 previously connected or the WLAN If3 previously connected to the WiMAX If2 or the WLAN If3 newly connected to the LMA/HA 512 so that ID's of If2 and If3 are not contained in a trigger message of the vertical handoff as transmitted by MN 500.