METHODS AND NODES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE USE OF ACCESS RESOURCES

摘要

The object of the invention is to achieve a solution for managing the use of simultaneously accessible access resources (211, 212, 213) connecting a mobile router (204) of a mobile network (201) and a home agent (216) in a home network (215) of the mobile router (204) by means of a tunnel in each access resource (211, 212, 213), such that it is controlled which access resource a data packet travelling in any direction between the mobile router (204) and the home agent (216) is using. This is achieved by having the mobile router (204) controlling the use of the access resources (211, 212, 213) both for packets sent in the direction to the home agent (216) and for packets sent from the home agent to the mobile router (204). For this reason, the mobile router classifies a data packet that is to be sent to the home agent based on information in the packet and selects an access resource for sending the packet based on the classification. The mobile router also sends implicit or explicit instructions to the home agent regarding how the packets should be routed from the home agent to the mobile router.