摘要 |
<p>A method of and apparatus for providing a flow of data to a mobile communication device, the method comprising: receiving a notification that a mobile communication device, in the process of receiving a stream of data from an application server, is leaving a source network, selecting a target network for the mobile communication device to handover to when it leaves the source network; selecting a home agent device for receiving data of the data stream from the application server for forwarding to the mobile communication device; wherein data of the data stream not yet received by the mobile communication device from the application server is routed to the home agent device for forwarding to the mobile communication device; providing the application server with the target network address of the mobile communication device, to enable the application server to forward data of the data stream to the target network address when the mobile communication device is handed over to the target network.</p> |