Patent ID: 8494543

Claim:
A gateway that implements a local mobility anchor comprising: a first network connection configured to send and receive data flows from a packet network; a second network connection configured to send and receive data flows from a user equipment; and a processor configured to create a binding that includes identification information of the user equipment and an access technology type that is used to establish a data flow and maintaining an application profile that includes an identification of an access technology used in providing radio communication to the user equipment and preferences regarding which applications are suited for that access technology, wherein the preferences are determined based on a priority ordering of applications suited for a particular wireless access technology, wherein the processor is configured to detect when the user equipment is connected to a plurality of different access technologies simultaneously by checking the bindings and corresponding application profiles and determining whether to initiate a handover of a specific data flow from a first access technology to a second access technology, based on the bindings and corresponding application profiles when the user equipment is connected to a plurality of access technologies simultaneously, wherein the first access technology is of a different type than the second access technology, and when a handover of the specific data flow is initiated, forwarding the specific data flow over the second access technology while sending to the UE another data flow over the first access technology.