Mobile IPv6 ad hoc gateway with handover optimization

Author

Aust, Stefan ; Görg, Carmelita ; Pampu, Cornel

Author_Institution

ComNets, Bremen Univ.

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

2439

Abstract

The future demand of mobile Internet access in vehicles like busses or trains leads to an integration of ad hoc networks for an efficient and infrastructure-less multihop communication between mobile users. However, for wireless and mobile Internet access an infrastructure is needed which has to support mobility for ubiquitous wireless access. Mobile IPv6 allows mobility support also in combination with ad hoc, e.g., with AODVv6 (ad hoc on-demand distance vector) in future wireless networks. This study outlines the interworking of the mobility protocol mobile IPv6 and the multihop ad hoc routing protocol AODVv6. The integration leads to a mobile IPv6 ad hoc gateway that contains an optimization for vertical handovers between WLAN systems and cellular networks. The optimization is based on link layer information that is used to reduce packet loss during vertical handovers

Keywords

Internet; ad hoc networks; cellular radio; internetworking; mobile computing; radio access networks; routing protocols; wireless LAN; WLAN systems; ad hoc on-demand distance vector; cellular networks; handover optimization; infrastructure-less multihop communication; link layer information; mobile IPv6 ad hoc gateway; mobile Internet access; mobility protocol; routing protocol; ubiquitous wireless access; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; IP networks; Internet; Mobile communication; Routing protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Ubiquitous computing; Vehicles; Wireless networks; AODVv6; GPRS; Mobile IPv6; WLAN; mobile gateway; vertical handovers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2005. VTC 2005-Spring. 2005 IEEE 61st

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8887-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2005.1543773

Filename

1543773