Reducing packet loss in Mobile IPv6

In Mobile IPv6, a Mobile Node directly updates its current location information to a Correspondent Node using a route optimization method. Route optimization method helps to culminate the packet delay incurred due to suboptimal route traversed by the packets from a Correspondent Node to a Mobile Node in Mobile IPv4. However, it introduces packet losses during Mobile Node´s transition from one foreign network to another foreign network. This packet loss increases as the mobility of the node increases. In this paper, we propose a scheme to reduce this packet loss. Our solution is based on the Mobile Node´s mobility prediction at the Correspondent Node and a buffering mechanism at the Home Agent. Simulation results show the effectiveness of our scheme in case of reducing the packet loss problem besetting the Mobile IPv6.