____________  Network
       ___/            \___________
      /      +-----+                \___
     (       |LMs  |    Control-        \
    /        +-.---+    plane            \
   /  +--------.---+    functions         \
  (   |CPA:    .   |    in the             )
  (   |FM-CP, LMc  |    network            )
  (   +------------+                        \
 /          . .                              \
(           .     .                           )
(           .         .                       )
(           .             .                   \
 \    +------------+ +------------+Distributed )
  (   |DPA(IPa1):  | |DPA(IPa2):  |DPAs        )
  (   |anchors IP1 | |anchors IP2 |          _/
   \  |FM-DP       | |FM-DP       | etc.    /
    \ +------------+ +------------+        /
     \___                Data-plane  _____/
         \______         functions  /
                \__________________/

      +------------+ 
      |MN(IP1)     | Mobile node attached
      |flow(IP1,..)| to the network
      +------------+