Patent ID: 8873507

Claim:
A network communication system comprising: at least one home local mobility anchor located in a first network, wherein the home local mobility anchor has a first set of functionalities comprising home address allocation, internetwork location management, and mobility routing; a first distributed local mobility anchor located in a second network, wherein all elements in the second network share a first internet protocol address; and a second distributed local mobility anchor located in a third network, wherein all elements in the third network share a second internet protocol address different from the first internet protocol address, the second distributed local mobility anchor configured to transmit a first data packet to the home local mobility anchor and configured to transmit a second data packet directly to the first distributed local mobility anchor after receiving a response from the at least one home local mobility anchor, wherein the first distributed local mobility anchor and the second distributed local mobility anchor each has a second set of functionalities that comprises at least one, but not all, of the home address allocation, the internetwork location management, and the mobility routing.