A new decentralized mobility management service architecture for ipv6-based networks

ABSTRACT

In Mobile IPv6, the home network - through a designated home agent - is responsible for distributing all traffic from/to the mobile node in the default bidirectional tunneling mode, when the mobile node is connected to a foreign network. This approach not only lacks sufficient scalability and efficiency of delivery, but also poses a heavy burden on the home network and the global Internet. In this paper we propose a new decentralized mobility management service (DMMS) architecture to address this issue. The idea is to employ a local mobility agent in each access network, which handles node mobility based on local movement information, so that the on going communication can be maintained efficiently and scalable without relying on centralized traffic distributing entities.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Wireless communication

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Network communications; Network topology; Distributed networks
      C.2.2 Network Protocols
          Subjects: Protocol architecture (OSI model)
      C.2.6 Internetworking
          Subjects: Standards (e.g., TCP/IP)

General Terms:
Design, Performance, Security

Keywords:
SHIM6, internet mobility, mobile IPv6, multihoming