Patent ID: 8170529

Claim:
One or more tangible computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for determining connection needs of a mobile device connecting to a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a request at an access service network gateway from the mobile device to access the wireless network; performing an authentication phase at the access service network gateway related to the mobile device attempting to access the wireless network; determining, by the access service network gateway, which access technology from a plurality of types of access technologies to use to connect the mobile device to the wireless network, wherein determining the access technology includes (A) determining whether the mobile device is authenticated, (B) upon determining that the mobile device is authenticated, then determining whether the user is authenticated, (C) when the user is not authenticated, then determining to use client mobile Internet protocol (MIP), (D) when the user is authenticated, then determining whether a proxy MIP key was negotiated, (E) when the proxy MIP key was negotiated, then determining to use proxy MIP; and (F) when no proxy MIP keys were negotiated, then determining to use simple Internet protocol; and connecting the mobile device to the wireless network using the access technology that is determined, wherein the access service network gateway assigns client MIP, simple internet protocol, or proxy MIP as the access technology.