US Patent 8006089 Multiple PANA sessions

The preferred embodiments provide a novel system and method for reducing authentication delay of a mobile node with a network that includes: employing two EAP runs concurrently to reduce an overall authentication delay. In some embodiments, the two EAP runs are employed for authenticating a particular device identifier of a PaC. In some illustrative embodiments, the two EAP runs are employed for authenticating a particular device identifier of a PaC in relation to connecting to multiple ISPs at the same time.