A reference architecture for micro-mobility support in IP networks

Author

Prado, Rodrigo ; Zagari, Eduardo ; Badan, Tomás ; Cardozo, Eleri ; Magalhães, Mauricio ; Carrilho, José ; Pinto, Rossano ; Berenguel, André ; Barboza, Daniel ; Moraes, Daniel ; Johnson, Thienne ; Westberg, Lars

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Campinas, Campinas

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 July 2008

Firstpage

624

Lastpage

630

Abstract

This paper presents an architecture for supporting micro-mobility in IP networks. The architecture is presented in terms of its functional blocks and interaction protocols. The architecture, named mobility plane architecture (MPA), offers a network-centric solution for micro-mobility. This means that all the functions necessary for supporting Layer-3 mobility are placed on the network, not on the mobile node. The architecture does not interfere with services already deployed in the transport network, even services supporting macro mobility such as Mobile IP. Another key point is the total independence of the architecture from IPv6, meaning that it can be deployed on existing IPv4 networks.

Keywords

IP networks; mobile computing; protocols; IP networks; Layer 3 mobility; functional blocks; interaction protocols; micromobility support; mobility plane architecture; networkcentric solution; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Delay; IP networks; Internet; Network address translation; Protocols; Routing; Standards publication; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 2008. ISCC 2008. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Marrakech

ISSN

1530-1346

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2702-4

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1346

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.2008.4625634

Filename

4625634