Anchoring services of a mobile station attached to a first service domain at a home agent in a second service domain

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a home agent from a packet data network (PDN) gateway associated with a first service domain, messaging associated with a first serving gateway (SGW) included in the first service domain, at least some messaging associated with requesting allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a mobile station that is attached to a wireless access network of the first service domain, wherein the home agent is in a second service domain associated with a different wireless access network type than the first service domain, the receiving messaging comprising receiving at least one message of the messaging through a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel;

obtaining, by the home agent, the requested IP address for the mobile station, the home agent configured to obtain the requested IP address by at least one of:

allocating the requested IP address; and

obtaining the requested IP address by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay functionality;

sending, by the home agent to the PDN gateway, the IP address allocated to the mobile station in the second service domain effective to enable a first proxy binding associated with the first SGW and the PDN gateway, the IP address being allocated in response to the messaging, the first proxy binding effective to enable anchoring services provided to the mobile station in the second service domain;

receiving, by the home agent from the PDN gateway, messaging associated with a second SGW included in the first service domain; and

re-assigning, using the home agent, the same IP address to the mobile station effective to enable a second proxy binding, the second proxy binding associated with the second SGW and the PDN gateway.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the messaging from the PDN gateway comprises receiving proxy registration request messaging.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second service domain comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) service domain.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the messaging from the PDN gateway comprises receiving a DHCP message.

5. A home agent node configured to operate in a first service domain, comprising:

an interface to a packet data network (PDN) gateway in a second service domain that is of a different type than the first service domain; and

a processor configured to:

receive from the PDN gateway messaging associated with a first serving gateway (SGW) included in the first service domain, at least some messaging associated with requesting allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a mobile station that is attached to a wireless access network of the second service domain, and at least one message of the messaging received through a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel;

allocate the requested IP address for the mobile station by at least one of:

allocating the requested IP address; and

obtaining the requested IP address by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay functionality;

send the allocated IP address to the mobile station in the second service domain effective to enable a first proxy binding associated with the first SGW and the PDN gateway, wherein the IP address is allocated in response to the messaging, and wherein services provided to the mobile station are anchored in the first service domain;

receive, from the PDN gateway, messaging associated with a second SGW included in the first service domain; and

re-assign the same IP address to the mobile station effective to enable a second proxy binding, the second proxy binding associated with the second SGW and the PDN gateway.

6. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein the messaging associated with the first SGW or the second SGW comprises proxy registration request messaging.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving messaging further comprises receiving a request for a GRE key associated with enabling private IP address overlapping.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some messaging associated with requesting allocation of an IP address further comprises a DHCP request that comprises:

a user identify associated with the mobile station; and

the request to allocate the IP address.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchored services comprise at least one of:

a gaming service;

a push-to-talk service;

an instance conferencing service;

a messaging service;

a calendaring service;

a location-based service; or

a broadcast service.

10. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein at least one message of the messaging from the PDN gateway is associated with initiating establishment of the GRE tunnel.

11. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein the at least some messaging associated with requesting allocation of an IP address further comprises a DHCP request that comprises:

a user identify associated with the mobile station; and

the request to allocate the IP address.

12. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein the services comprise at least one of:

a gaming service;

a push-to-talk service;

an instance conferencing service;

a messaging service;

a calendaring service;

a location-based service; or

a broadcast service.

13. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein the first service domain comprises a HRPD (High Rate Packet Data) wireless access network.

14. The home agent node of claim 5 , wherein the second service domain comprises an E-UTRAN (Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network).

15. One or more computer-readable storage memory devices comprising processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by at least one processor, enable a home agent device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the home agent device and from a packet data network (PDN) gateway associated with a first service domain, messaging associated with a first serving gateway (SGW) included in the first service domain, at least some messaging associated with requesting allocation of an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a mobile station that is attached to a wireless access network of the first service domain, wherein the home agent device is in a second service domain associated with a different wireless access network type than the first service domain, the receiving messaging comprising receiving at least one message of the messaging through a GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel;

obtaining, by the home agent device, the requested IP address for the mobile station, the home agent device configured to obtain the requested IP address by at least one of:

allocating the requested IP address; and

obtaining the requested IP address by using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay functionality;

sending, by the home agent device and to the PDN gateway, the IP address allocated to the mobile station in the second service domain effective to enable a first proxy binding associated with the first SGW and the PDN gateway, the IP address being allocated in response to the messaging, the first proxy binding effective to enable anchoring services provided to the mobile station in the second service domain;

receiving, by the home agent device and from the PDN gateway, messaging associated with a second SGW included in the first service domain; and

re-assigning, using the home agent device, the same IP address to the mobile station effective to enable a second proxy binding, the second proxy binding associated with the second SGW and the PDN gateway.

16. The one or more computer-readable storage memory devices of claim 15 , wherein receiving the messaging from the PDN gateway further comprises receiving proxy registration request messaging.

17. The one or more computer-readable storage memory devices of claim 15 , wherein the second service domain comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) service domain.

18. The one or more computer-readable storage memory devices of claim 15 , wherein receiving the messaging from the PDN gateway further comprises receiving a DHCP message.

19. The one or more computer-readable storage memory devices of claim 15 , wherein the receiving messaging further comprises receiving a request for a GRE key associated with enabling private IP address overlapping.

20. The one or more computer-readable storage memory devices of claim 15 , wherein the anchored services comprise at least one of:

a gaming service;

a push-to-talk service;

an instance conferencing service;

a messaging service;

a calendaring service;

a location-based service; or

a broadcast service.