Title :
Mobility management in wireless sensor networks
Author :
Berguiga, Abdelwahed ; Youssef, Habib
Author_Institution :
ISITCom, Univ. of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
Abstract :
Mobility in wireless sensor networks is an element which directly influences the network performance. Indeed, with an architecture based on the IP stack, a mobile node has to maintain connectivity with other sensors, also allowing connectivity to the Internet. Among IPv6 based protocols proposed for mobility management, we find Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6), Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (HMIPv6) and Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6). In this paper, we present a performance comparison of MIPv6, HMIPv6 and PMIPv6 using an analytical approach. Location update cost and packet delivery cost are formulated based on the random-walk model. The impact of cell residence time and user population is investigated.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; mobility management (mobile radio); random processes; transport protocols; wireless sensor networks; HMIPv6; IP stack; IPv6 based protocol; Internet; PMIPv6; cell residence time; hierarchical mobile IPv6; location update cost; mobility management; packet delivery cost; proxy mobile IPv6; random-walk model; user population; wireless sensor network; Computer architecture; Manganese; Microprocessors; Mobile computing; Mobile radio mobility management; Protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2012 16th IEEE Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Yasmine Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0782-6
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2012.6196484
