Patent ID: 8155077

Claim:
A method comprising receiving, at a transient anchor of a visited network, a message from a first endpoint requesting initiation of a communications session between the first endpoint and a second endpoint; identifying an access node to which the first endpoint is connected; determining whether packet flows of the communications session are to be routed along an optimized path based, at least in part, on the proximity of the access node relative to a mobility border associated with the transient anchor, wherein the mobility border defines a coverage boundary beyond which handoffs of active communications sessions of the first end point traversing the optimized communications path from the transient anchor to a second transient anchor is unavailable; forwarding the packet flows of the communications session between the first end point and the second endpoint along the optimized path, if the packet flows are to be routed along the optimized path, wherein the optimized path bypasses a permanent anchor of a home network of the first endpoint; and forwarding the packet flows of the communications session between the first end point and the second endpoint to the permanent anchor of the home network of the first endpoint, if the flows are not to be routed along the optimized path.