Patent ID: 8169966

Claim:
A method in a packet data communication environment for managing a handover of a network connection of a mobile node belonging to a home network from an access point in a first access network to an access point in a second access network, characterized in that a network node in the packet data communication environment has access to information relevant for making a handover decision, the method being performed by the network node and the method comprising the steps of: deciding to handover the network connection of the mobile node from the access point in the first access network to the access point in the second access network based on the information relevant for making a handover decision; instructing a node in the mobile node's home network to register a new locator of the mobile node's point of attachment in the second access network and to associate the new locator with a home address of the mobile node; instructing the mobile node to de-attach from the first access network and to attach to the access point in the second access network, wherein the step of instructing the mobile node to de-attach from the first access network and to attach to the access point in the second access network comprises sending a message to the node in the mobile node's home network with instructions to the mobile node, which instructions are forwarded from the node in the mobile node's home network to the mobile node.