Methods and apparatus for optimizing NAT traversal in Mobile IP

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7599370
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10420402

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Methods and apparatus for optimizing NAT traversal in Mobile IP are disclosed. Various mechanisms may performed independently or in combination with one another. A first mechanism enables one-way keep alive messaging to the Home Agent, while a second mechanism enables two-way keep alive messaging to the Home Agent, thereby enabling an entry in a NAT translation table to be maintained. The two-way keep alive messaging requires that the Home Agent send an acknowledgement message, while the one-way keep alive messaging does not. Keep alive messaging may be performed at the Mobile Node or the Foreign Agent. A third mechanism enables a Foreign Agent to encapsulate a registration request packet with the Foreign Agent care-of address in the source IP address field rather than an egress interface of the Foreign Agent. A fourth mechanism enables a Mobile Node to force a Home Agent to perform UDP tunneling.

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CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chandra, Madhavi W Cary , US 11 237
Kulkarni, Milind M San Jose , US 14 354
Leung, Kent K Mountain View , US 108 4199
Patel, Alpesh Santa Clara , US 82 1737

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