Patent ID: 7877086

Claim:
A system for analyzing location information of a mobile node from a first wireless network to determine whether to anchor a communication session in a second wireless network, the system comprising: a mobile node operable to receive location information from one or more service areas of a first wireless network as the mobile node moves through the one or more service areas of the first wireless network; and a server operable to: develop a prediction based on the location information, wherein the prediction comprises whether the mobile node will move into the second wireless network during a communication session initiated at a particular location in the first wireless network; and determine whether the mobile node initiates the communication session in the first wireless network; if the mobile node initiates the communication session in the first wireless network: receive a current location of the mobile node in the first wireless network; and determine, during initiation of the communication session in the first wireless network, whether to anchor the communication session in the second wireless network, wherein the determination is according to the prediction and the communication session is anchored in the second wireless network during initiation of the communication session in the first wireless network.