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Method and apparatus for handoff of a connection between network devices
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Inventors: Verma, Rohit; Senthilnathan, Janakiraman;
Assignee: 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Primary Examiner: Trost; William
Assistant Examiner: Yun; Eugene
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
A method and system are shown for handing off a communication stream between a mobile node and a communication endpoint from a first connection initiator to a second connection initiator while maintaining call state for the communication stream. The first connection initiator establishes a first connection to the communication endpoint in response to receiving a first connection request from the mobile node that includes a client identifier value for the mobile node. When the first connection initiator detects loss of communication with the mobile node, it sends a call-disconnect-notify (CDN) message having a cause code set to a handoff value to the connection endpoint. The connection endpoint, in response to the CDN message, stores call information for the first connection along with the mobile node's client identifier value. The first connection initiator also broadcasts a user-moved message that includes the mobile node's client identifier value and the first connection initiator's call information for the first connection. The second connection initiator, upon receiving the user-moved message, stores the first connection initiator's call information from the message along with the mobile node's client identifier value. When the second connection initiator receives a second connection request from the mobile node having the mobile node's client identifier value, it retrieves the call information from the user-moved message using the client identifier value and sends a tunnel-handoff-request message, which includes the client identifier value, to the connection endpoint. The connection endpoint retrieves its call information for the first connection using the client identifier value and sends a tunnel-handoff-response message to the second connection initiator. The second connection initiator and the connection endpoint then resume the communication stream using the call information for the first connection. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, some of the problems associated with handing off a tunnel connection are overcome.
An embodiment of a method for handing off a communication stream in a communications system, according to the present invention, involves receiving a first connection request from a client, where the first connection request includes a client identifier value for the client and, responsive to the first connection request, establishing a first connection from a first connection initiator to a connection endpoint.
The method also calls for sensing loss of communication between the client and the first connection initiator and, responsive thereto, transmitting a disconnect message to the connection endpoint, where the disconnect message includes a predetermined handoff code.
Responsive to receiving the disconnect message having the handoff code, the method sets forth storing a first set of call information for the first connection from the connection endpoint along with the client identifier value and broadcasting a user moved message from the first connection initiator, where the user moved message includes the client identifier value and a second set of call information for the first connection from the first connection initiator.
The method also includes receiving the user moved message in a second connection initiator and, responsive thereto, storing the second set of call information included with the user moved message along with the client identifier value.
The method then sets forth receiving a second connection request from the client at the second connection initiator, where the second connection request includes the client identifier value, retrieving the second set of call information using the identifier value for the client, and sending a handoff request message to the connection endpoint, where the handoff request message includes the client identifier value from the second connection request.
Responsive to the handoff request message, the method calls for retrieving the first set of call information from using the identifier value for the client and establishing a second connection from the second connection initiator, where the second initiator uses the second set of call information, to the connection endpoint, where the connection endpoint uses the first set of call information
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