An adaptive per-host IP paging architecture

ABSTRACT

<i>IP Paging</i> has received considerable attention recently. The IETF has decided to develop an IP Paging protocol and some IP Paging protocols have been proposed by researchers [13, 12]. However all of these proposals use static and manually configured paging areas. We argue that the size and the shape of paging areas are very critical for the performance of a paging system. A system that allows each host to use a paging area that adapts to its mobility and communication patterns will perform better. This paper proposes to extend the IETF IP Paging functional architecture to support <i>adaptive and per-host</i> paging areas. We introduce a new functional module, the <i>Paging Area Configuration Agent</i> (PACA), that automatically configures the paging area relative to each cell of a cellular domain.

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