Patent ID: 8824395

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, a connection request from a mobile device; determining, by the device and based on the connection request, whether the mobile device has mobility capability; providing a Mobile Internet protocol (IP) advertisement to the mobile device in response to determining that the mobile device does not have the mobility capability; registering, by the device, the mobile device per host-based mobility protocol standards based on the Mobile IP advertisement, in response to determining that the mobile device does not have the mobility capability; and registering, by the device, the mobile device per network-based mobility protocol standards in response to determining that the mobile device has the mobility capability, wherein registering the mobile device per host-based mobility protocol standards includes: receiving a Mobile IP registration request from the mobile device based on the Mobile IP advertisement, providing the Mobile IP registration request to a home agent (HA)/local mobility anchor (LMA) device; receiving a Mobile IP registration acceptance from the HA/LMA device, and providing the Mobile IP registration acceptance to the mobile device.