Patent ID: 8775634

Claim:
A method for optimizing a route for a communication session at a route optimizer, comprising: facilitating initiation of a communication session between a mobile station and a correspondent node; determine that a home agent of the mobile station should not be included in a path of the communication session; based on the determination that the home agent of the mobile station should not be included in the path of the communication session, sending a binding request to home agent of the mobile station for forwarding to an access node comprising an access point to a communication network in which the mobile station is located, the binding request requesting a binding update for the mobile station, receiving, from the access node, a binding update in response to the binding request, the binding update identifying an access node address of the access node providing access to the mobile station, the binding update received directly from the access node such that the home agent of the mobile station is bypassed; creating a binding cache entry for the mobile station, the binding cache entry recording the access node of the access point to the communication network; communicating, directly from the route optimizer to the access node, a binding acknowledgement representing the access point to the communication network, wherein the binding acknowledgement comprises a home address of the route optimizer; and bypassing the home agent to facilitate communication of the communication session.