METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER (MIH) SERVICES TO A COMMUNICATION NODE

摘要

A method for providing media independent handover (MIH) services to a communication node, preferably according to the IEEE 802.21 standard, wherein the communication node (1) is attached to a network via a Point of Attachment (PoA) which has access to an information database (IS) via appropriate network entities, and wherein information, upon a respective request from the communication node (1), is forwarded from the information database (IS) to the communication node (1), is characterized in that a caching functionality is enabled at at least one network entity - caching entity - on the path between the communication node (1) and the information database (IS), wherein the information forwarded from the information database (IS) to the communication node (1) is stored at the caching entity.