Realization of integrated mobility management protocol for ad-hoc networks

A multi-layer mobility management architecture has been designed to take care of real-time and non-real-time traffic for intra-domain and inter-domain mobility in a survivable network. It consists of three components based on functionality. SIP based mobility management is used for real-time communication, and MIP-LR is used for non-real-time communication when nodes move between two different domains while MMP takes care of movement within a domain. A testbed has been implemented using the features of each mobility management approach in an integrated manner. In this paper we present our implementation and integration experience of these three mobility management protocols and evaluate their performance under simulated military environment while interacting with Dynamic DNS, DRCP/DCDP and coordinating among themselves based on the application type and domain being served.