公开(公告)号：CA2170786A1

公开(公告)日：1996-09-07

申请号：CA2170786

申请日：1996-03-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： AHMADI HAMID ,  BAUCHOT FREDERIC JACQUES ,  BONNET ROSELYNE ,  KESSLER ILAN ,  KRISHNA ARVIND ,  LANNE FABIEN P ,  NAGHSHINEH MAHMOUD ,  SOLER CATHERINE ,  WETTERWALD MICHELLE MARIE

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W40/24 ,  H04W40/26 ,  H04W40/36 ,  H04W80/04 ,  H04W92/02 ,  H04L12/46

Abstract: A communications network having a number of routers, a number of base statio ns and a number of mobile units maintains communications with the mobile units by assigning a unique address known to the routing entities of the network to e ach mobile unit. By including the mobile units unique address in topology update s of the network, the location of the mobile unit at any time is made known to all ro uters of the network. That is, once a mobile unit moves into a domain of a new access point and establishes a new link with the new access point, it uses the topology u pdate mechanism of the network to make its new location known to all routers. Once a router of the network receives topology update information specific to the m obile unit's new location, it updates its routing table such that packets destined to the mobile unit are routed in a path which terminates at the mobile unit and con tains its new access point.