Local break out in case of WiMAX roaming
View Patent ↗A home agent is configured to be placed in a visited connectivity service network and configured to provide a possibility of a local break out of data. The home agent is configured to separate a first data traffic path and a second data traffic path. The first data traffic path is directly routed between the visited connectivity service network and the internet, and the second data traffic path is routed between the visited connectivity service network and a home connectivity service network, in order to minimize a number of hops and delay times. The home agent is configured to receive a routing policy from a home authentication, authorization and accounting server. The home agent is configured to route data traffic based on the received routing policy.
1. A home agent wherein:
the home agent being configured to be placed in a visited connectivity service network and configured to provide a possibility of a local break out of data, wherein the home agent is configured to separate a first data traffic path and a second data traffic path, wherein the first data traffic path is directly routed between the visited connectivity service network and the internet, and the second data traffic path is routed between the visited connectivity service network and a home connectivity service network, in order to minimize a number of hops and delay times, wherein the home agent is configured to receive a routing policy from a home authentication, authorization and accounting server, and the home agent is configured to route data traffic based on the received routing policy.
2. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the first data traffic path and second data traffic path are to be routed between the visited connectivity service network and an access service network.
3. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the data traffic is routed to or from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem of the home connectivity service network.
4. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent has therein a configured internet protocol route to a connectivity service network, wherein the home agent is configured to route the data traffic based on said configured internet protocol route.
5. The home agent of claim 4 , wherein the internet protocol route is a static internet protocol route.
6. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent is configured to route data traffic, which is not routed to a connectivity service network, by default to the internet.
7. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent is configured to associate a subscriber station internet protocol address and a foreign agent internet protocol address.
8. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the routing policy comprises an internet protocol address or address range, the address or address range being associated to the home connectivity service network, and wherein the home agent is configure to route data traffic having a destination address of the home connectivity service network to or from the home connectivity service network.
9. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent is configured to receive a key and to establish a secure data traffic route to or from the home connectivity service network.
10. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent is configured to dynamically adapt the routing policy during mobile internet protocol authentication.
11. The home agent of claim 1 , wherein the home agent is configured to dynamically adapt the routing policy separately for each subscriber station and/or operator domain.
12. A visited connectivity service network having implemented therein the home agent of claim 1 .
13. A method for separating data traffic in a home agent, comprising:
separating, in a home agent, a first data traffic path and a second data traffic path, the home agent being located in a visited connectivity service network and configured to provide a possibility of a local break out of data, wherein the first traffic path is directly routed between the visited connectivity service network and the internet, and the second data traffic path is routed between the visited connectivity service network and a home connectivity service network, in order to minimize a number of hops and delay times, wherein the home agent receives a routing policy from a home authentication, authorization and accounting server, the home agent routing data traffic based on the received routing policy.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first data traffic and second data traffic path are to be routed between the visited connectivity service network and an access service network.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising routing data traffic to or from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem in the home connectivity service network.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising configuring of an internet protocol route to a connectivity service network in the home agent, and routing data traffic based on said configuring of an internet protocol route.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the internet protocol route is a static internet protocol route.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein data traffic, which is not routed to or from the connectivity service network, by default is routed to or from the internet.
19. A program element, which, when being executed by a processor, is configured to carry out the method of claim 13 .
20. A computer readable medium having stored the program element of claim 19 .