DECISION ENGINE TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENT ROUTE OPTIMIZATION IN MOBILE NETWORKS

摘要

A METHOD TO ALLOW A MORE EFFICIENT ROUTING IN NETWORK MOBILITY (100) BY MEANS OF A MOBILE ROUTER (13) DECIDING ON A MORE EFFICIENT ROUTE TO BE TAKEN AS IT ROAMS BETWEEN NETWORKS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF STARTING A DELAY COUNTER WHEN THE MOBILE ROUTER (13) PERFORMED A HANDOFF FROM ONE NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK, DECIDING WHETHER PERFORMING A ROUTE OPTIMIZATION (17) IS NECESSARY BASED ON THE DELAY COUNTER, STRIPPING OF A PARENT SUBNET FROM A NEW CARE-OF-ADDRESS, COMPARING THE PARENT SUBNET WITH HOME SUBNET, DECIDING WHETHER THE MOBILE ROUTER (13) IS PERFORMING A MICROMOBILITY OR MACROMOBILITY, DECIDING WHETHER THE MOBILE ROUTER IS ROAMING IN ITS PARENT NETWORK (15) OR IN/BETWEEN FOREIGN NETWORKS AND SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION (17) METHOD BASED ON TYPE OF MOBILITY PERFORMED.