Fielding mobile IP on joint stars: challenges and solutions enabling IP connectivity via concurrent use of legacy communications links

Author

Zabele, Stephen ; Keaton, Mark ; Flynn, Robert ; Griffin, Sean ; DeCleene, Brian

Author_Institution

ALPHATECH Inc., Burlington, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

451

Abstract

We review the design of the multipath-enabled mobile IP-based dynamic routing and quality-of-service (QoS) management capability developed under the Air Force´s Information for Global Reach (IFGR) Program. The dynamic routing and QoS management goals for IFGR are making multiple disparate communications resources appear as a single channel (i.e., inverse multiplexing across multiple data radios) to provide transparent air-to-ground IP connectivity to multiple IP hosts onboard aircraft (i.e., providing mobile subnet support). This paper describes the various network layer components that collectively enabled this service, and in particular the extensions made to mobile IP, which have resulted in several successful field evaluations on joint STARS.

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; military communication; mobile computing; mobility management (mobile radio); multipath channels; quality of service; radio links; telecommunication network routing; QoS management; air-to-ground IP connectivity; information for Global Reach Program; legacy communications links; multipath-enabled mobile IP-based dynamic routing; onboard aircraft; quality-of-service; single channel; Application software; Communication channels; Internet; Laboratories; Military aircraft; Mobile communication; Protocols; Resource management; Routing; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2004. MILCOM 2004. 2004 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8847-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2004.1493310

Filename

1493310