Patent ID: 8670422

Claim:
A system for sending and receiving packets comprising: a wireless communication device configured to communicate by sending and receiving packets over a wireless local area network; at least one device access node configured to communicate with said wireless communication device via an access point of said wireless local area network; an application server configured to communicate with said at least one device access node via a link; and, said wireless communication device configured to use at least one native network layer to communicate with said device access node; said at least one native network layer corresponding to network layers native to said wireless local area network; said wireless communication device further configured to use at least one additional layer disposed above said at least one native network layer to communicate with said application server via said device access node; said at least one additional layer corresponding to layers native to said device access node; and said wireless communication device is further configured to communicate over a core mobile network and said at least one device access node is configured to communicate with said wireless communication device via either said wireless local area network or said core mobile network; said wireless communication device being further configured to use at least one additional native network layer; said at least one additional native network layer corresponding to layers native to said core mobile network.