Analysis of packet delivery cost for cost-effectiveness of ID/Locator separation networks

It has been shown that the Internet environment has rapidly changed from fixed to mobile one with the wide popularity of smart phones and the emergence of various wireless/mobile networks. Thus, in research community there has been a consensus that separating Identity (ID) from Locator (LOC) is a one promising concept to address intrinsically such a change. In this paper, we propose a mathematical model to analyze the average total cost for ID/LOC separation schemes and analyze the packet delivery cost using the proposed model for cost-effectiveness of ID/LOC separation schemes in supporting mobility, where reliable packet delivery and local caching mechanism are assumed. We provide a factor of packet delivery cost for cost-effectiveness of ID/LOC separation schemes comparing to mobile IP.