CmiEntityIdentifier

  • Base type OctetString
  • Range 1 — 255

Represents the generic identifier for Mobile IP entities. A CmiEntityIdentifier value is always interpreted within the context of a CmiEntityIdentifierType value. Foreign agents and Home agents are identified by the IP addresses. Mobile nodes can be identified in more than one way e.g. IP addresses, network access identifiers (NAI). If mobile node is identified by something other than IP address say by NAI and it gets IP address dynamically from the home agent then value of object of this type should be same as NAI. This is because then IP address is not tied with mobile node and it can change across registrations over period of time.