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Abstract

A method and system of consolidating mobile IP messages within a network is provided. The method and system applies to the transfer of datagrams between home and foreign agents and mobile IP devices. The system provides for a temporary capture and storage of small non-real-time datagrams within a queue by a home agent or packet data serving node. Upon a queue full condition, the datagrams are consolidated into larger datagrams and transferred from the home agent to a packet data serving node or from a packet data serving node to a home agent. Real-time datagrams can be prioritized higher than non-real-time datagrams and transferred immediately to and from mobile IP devices without queuing. Optionally, a watchdog timer may be employed by the home agent and packet data serving nodes to prompt the assembling and sending of consolidated datagrams to limit latency encountered by a queued data.

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