diff --git a/src/routing/static-router.cc b/src/routing/static-router.cc
index 48a697a5e..b1a470feb 100644
--- a/src/routing/static-router.cc
+++ b/src/routing/static-router.cc
@@ -38,32 +38,24 @@ StaticRouterLSA::StaticRouterLSA()
 StaticRouterLSA::StaticRouterLSA (StaticRouterLSA& lsa)
   : m_linkStateId(lsa.m_linkStateId), m_advertisingRtr(lsa.m_advertisingRtr)
 {
-  NS_DEBUG("StaticRouterLSA Copy Constructor");
-  NS_ASSERT_MSG(IsEmpty(), "The LSA must be empty before copy");
-
-  for ( ListOfLinkRecords_t::iterator i = lsa.m_linkRecords.begin ();
-        i != lsa.m_linkRecords.end (); 
-        i++)
-    {
-      StaticRouterLinkRecord *pSrc = *i;
-      StaticRouterLinkRecord *pDst = new StaticRouterLinkRecord;
-      pDst->m_linkId = pSrc->m_linkId;
-      pDst->m_linkData = pSrc->m_linkData;
-      pDst->m_linkType = pSrc->m_linkType;
-      m_linkRecords.push_back(pDst);
-      pDst = 0;
-    }
+  NS_ASSERT_MSG(IsEmpty(), "The LSA must be empty in its constructor!");
+  CopyLinkRecords (lsa);
 }
 
   StaticRouterLSA&
 StaticRouterLSA::operator= (StaticRouterLSA& lsa)
 {
-  NS_DEBUG("StaticRouterLSA Operator =");
-  NS_ASSERT_MSG(IsEmpty(), "The LSA must be empty before assignment");
-
   m_linkStateId = lsa.m_linkStateId;
   m_advertisingRtr = lsa.m_advertisingRtr;
 
+  ClearLinkRecords ();
+  CopyLinkRecords (lsa);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+  void
+StaticRouterLSA::CopyLinkRecords (StaticRouterLSA& lsa)
+{
   for ( ListOfLinkRecords_t::iterator i = lsa.m_linkRecords.begin ();
         i != lsa.m_linkRecords.end (); 
         i++)
@@ -76,8 +68,6 @@ StaticRouterLSA::operator= (StaticRouterLSA& lsa)
       m_linkRecords.push_back(pDst);
       pDst = 0;
     }
-
-  return *this;
 }
 
 StaticRouterLSA::~StaticRouterLSA()
diff --git a/src/routing/static-router.h b/src/routing/static-router.h
index f3273c311..d65e4e165 100644
--- a/src/routing/static-router.h
+++ b/src/routing/static-router.h
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ public:
    * @returns Reference to the overwritten LSA.
    */
   StaticRouterLSA& operator= (StaticRouterLSA& lsa);
+  /**
+   * Copy any Static Router Link Records in a given Static Router Link
+   * State Advertisement to the current LSA.  Existing Link Records are not
+   * deleted -- this is a concatenation of Link Records.
+   *
+   * @see ClearLinkRecords ()
+   * @param lsa The LSA to copy the Link Records from.
+   */
+  void CopyLinkRecords (StaticRouterLSA& lsa);
   /**
    * Add a given Static Router Link Record to a given Static Router Link
    * State Advertisement.