Triggering migration of a network access agent associated with an access terminal

An apparatus comprising:

• a first base station router configured to determine, prior to an access terminal being re-activated from an idle mode, whether to migrate a network access agent associated with the access terminal to a second base station router based on at least one of status information associated with a wireless communication system that includes the first base station router and mobility information associated with the access terminal, wherein the network access agent provides at least one of point-of-attachment or care-of-address functionality for the access terminal.

A method, comprising:

• determining at a first base station router of a wireless communication system whether to migrate a network access agent associated with an idle access terminal from the first base station router to a second base station router in response to the first base station router receiving a location update message indicating that the idle access terminal moved to a geographic area served by the second base station router, wherein the determination is performed based on at least one of status information associated with the wireless communication system and mobility information associated with the access terminal, and wherein the network access agent provides at least one of point-of-attachment or care-of-address functionality for the access terminal.