Patent ID: 7978677

Claim:
A method of operating an access terminal, the method comprising: examining an RLP (Radio Link Protocol) header of an RLP packet to determine if a reprocess indicator value in said RLP header has been set, wherein the reprocess indicator value specifies how to route the RLP packet by the access terminal; and if it is determined by the access terminal that said reprocess indicator has been set: i) passing a payload corresponding to said indicator value to an addressing layer module of the access terminal; and ii) operating the addressing layer module to deliver the payload corresponding to said indicator value to an RLP module corresponding to an address value included in said RLP packet with said reprocess indicator, wherein said RLP module corresponds to a remote access point with which said access terminal does not currently have an active airlink connection; and if it is determined that said reprocess indicator has not been set, passing the payload corresponding to said indicator value to a default RLP module.