Title :
An architecture for wireless LAN/WAN integration
Author :
Hela, Sumi ; Lee, Choonhwa ; Zhang, Yongguang ; Richard, Golden G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci. & Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract :
To allow a seamless integration between wireless LANs and wireless WANs, we developed a full stack adaptation model and a simple subnet architecture that superimposes Mobile-IP on cellular-type wireless LANs. The idea is to use Mobile IP as an integrative layer atop different LAN/WAN networks. While Mobile-IP is widely used in wireless WANs, it is not known how well it performs under a wireless LAN environment, against native MAC-level handoff. Through experimentation using the 802.11 W-LAN, we found that under practical values of handoff frequencies, the performance of Mobile IP based W-LAN handoff is almost identical to the performance of W-LAN handoff. Further performance studies show the suitability of Mobile-IP as an integrative layer in this architecture
Keywords :
cellular radio; internetworking; mobile computing; performance evaluation; transport protocols; wide area networks; wireless LAN; 802.11 W-LAN; MAC-level handoff; Mobile-IP; cellular-type wireless LAN; full stack adaptation model; handoff frequencies; mobile computing; performance; subnet architecture; wireless LAN/WAN integration; wireless WAN; Bandwidth; Base stations; Bit rate; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Mobile computing; Portable computers; Wide area networks; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Confernce, 2000. WCNC. 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6596-8
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2000.904770
