| 摘要 |
A method for seamless handover of a multimedia stream session to a roaming terminal. In accordance with the proposed method, a first mediating network element is comprised in a communication path to the roaming terminal. Said first mediating network element first secures a session context of the multimedia stream session for to allow identification of the roaming terminal. Said first mediating network element then observes an address change of the roaming terminal on a media overlay level of the multimedia stream session and subsequently redirects the multimedia stream to the new address. Alternative mediating network elements for replacing the first mediating network element are determined on a control level of the network. In this way, a complete handover of the multimedia stream session is achieved in a seamless way for an end-user owing to a cross-layer approach, while bridging a timeframe between the event of changing the terminal address and an event of having completed re-registration and session redirection on the control level of the network.
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