Local identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer code stored therein, which when executed by a set of one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication network, causes the UE to perform operations for supporting incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout in the cellular communication network, the operations comprising:

• receiving an advertisement for a first access point name (APN) and a second APN from a source evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNodeB), wherein the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and wherein the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network;
• establishing a first PDN session associated with the first APN;
• establishing a second PDN session associated with the second APN;
• sending traffic destined for a first Correspondent Node (CN) that is determined to be ILNP capable via the first PDN session;
• and
• sending traffic destined for a second CN that is determined not to be ILNP capable via the second PDN session.