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Figure 7-16 Asymmetric Link Example
Colocated Care-of Address Support
Recall from Chapter 2 that two types of CoAs exist—a FA CoA and a CCoA. Thus far, this text
has presented the network mobility model in which the mobile router roams with a FA CoA
with the support of a FA. This section explores the situation in which FAs are not available, and
thus, the mobile router can either wait for a FA or roam with a CCoA.
A CCoA is an IP address assigned to the interface of the mobile router itself. This address is
usually dynamically obtained, for example, using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) ...