Patent ID: 8180825

Claim:
A system for providing network services to a mobile device configured to communicate over a network, the system comprising: a first home agent that is optimized to handle a first class of network traffic, wherein the first home agent accepts a first registration request from the mobile device for a first network session that includes the first class of application layer traffic, and wherein the first home agent rejects the first registration request when the first session does not include the first class of application layer traffic; a second home agent that is optimized to handle a second class of network traffic, wherein the second home agent accepts a second registration request from the mobile device for a second network session that includes the second class of application layer traffic, and wherein the second home agent rejects the second registration request when the second session does not include the second class of application layer traffic; wherein the second home agent provides the second network session to the mobile device concurrently with the first home agent that is providing the first network session to the mobile device when the second registration request is accepted while the first network session is in progress; and wherein classes of network traffic are distinguished by packet transmission characteristics of each class of network traffic.