| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a new technique, according to which a mobile router can fulfill functions as a dynamic home agent, in a system where a plurality of mobile routers are in operation, under the management of a service provider belonging to the home agent. According to this technique, the home agent verifies the legitimacy of the mobile router when it receives a Query message and a binding update message requesting permission to fulfill functions as dynamic home agent. Then, after confirming that no other mobile router is currently present, which is fulfilling the functions as dynamic home agent in a set of a plurality of mobile routers, to which this mobile router belongs, it allows said mobile router to operate as the dynamic home agent. Then, even when other mobile router requests the permission to fulfill functions as the dynamic home agent, the request is rejected, and said other mobile router utilizes the mobile router, which is fulfilling functions of the dynamic home agent, as its home agent.
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