Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-interface mobility client
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Application No.: US12568315Application Date: 2009-09-28
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Publication No.: US08526409B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Girish P. Chandranmenon , Yui-Wah Lee , Scott C. Miller , Luca Salgarelli , Salim Virani
- Applicant: Girish P. Chandranmenon , Yui-Wah Lee , Scott C. Miller , Luca Salgarelli , Salim Virani
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Wall & Tong, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00

Abstract:
A mobile node comprises: a plurality of network interfaces, each with a respective device driver; a network layer; a multi-interface driver capable of communication with each network interface by way of the respective device driver for that network interface, the multi-interface driver handling communications from the network layer to any of the network interfaces; the multi-interface driver switching from a first one of the network interfaces to a second one of the network interfaces by changing the one of the plurality of network interfaces with which the multi-interface driver communicates, while hiding the switching from the network layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100023763A1 MULTI-INTERFACE MOBILITY CLIENT Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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