Patent ID: 8130722

Claim:
A system for enabling network communications between mobile nodes and home networks, the system comprising: a plurality of mobile nodes configured to communicate over a network, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of mobile nodes utilize a first access technology and at least a portion of said plurality of mobile nodes utilize a second access technology; a plurality of access gateways configured to communicate with said plurality of mobile nodes over said network, wherein each of said plurality of access gateways is configured to utilize at least one of said first access technology or said second access technology; and a foreign agent configured to relay over said network messages between at least a portion of said plurality of mobile nodes and one or more home networks via at least a portion of said plurality of access gateways, wherein said foreign agent is not integrated with the plurality of access gateways and relays messages over said network to the plurality of access gateways in a manner that is agnostic to whether a message is bound for a mobile node utilizing said first access technology or said second access technology.