A Network Mobility Management Architecture for a Heterogeneous Network Environment

Reference:

Henrik Petander. A network mobility management architecture for a heterogeneous network environment. Research Report A108, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory for Theoretical Computer Science, Espoo, Finland, December 2007. Doctoral dissertation. ISBN 978-951-22-9098-7.

Abstract:

Network mobility management enables mobility of personal area networks and vehicular networks across heterogeneous access networks using a Mobile Router. This dissertation presents a network mobility management architecture for minimizing the impact of handoffs on the communications of nodes in the mobile network. The architecture addresses mobility in legacy networks without infrastructure support, but can also exploit infrastructure support for improved handoff performance. Further, the proposed architecture increases the efficiency of communications of nodes in the mobile network with counter parts in the fixed network through the use of caching and route optimization. The performance and costs of the proposed architecture are evaluated through empirical and numerical analysis. The analysis shows the feasibility of the architecture in the networks of today and in those of the near future.

Keywords:

Mobility management, Network mobility, Mobile IP

Suggested BibTeX entry:

@techreport{HUT-TCS-A108,
    address = {Espoo, Finland},
    author = {Henrik Petander},
    institution = {Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory for Theoretical Computer Science},
    month = {December},
    note = {Doctoral dissertation. ISBN 978-951-22-9098-7},
    number = {A108},
    pages = {xii+60},
    title = {A Network Mobility Management Architecture for a Heterogeneous Network Environment},
    type = {Research Report},
    year = {2007},
}

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