An Accurate Simulation Model for Mobile IPv6 Protocol

Abstract — We present an overview of the Mobile IPv6 simulation model implemented by using OMNeT++ [1] sim-ulation framework. We attempted to create a very accurate model of the Mobile IPv6 protocol. The simulation model consists of three key components: i) a class inheritance approach for specifying a node to behave as a host or router, ii) same approach for defining the Mobile IPv6 roles of mobile node, correspondent node or home agent, and iii) conceptual data structures necessary for storing binding information and for responding to the received Mobile IPv6 signaling messages. An example network consisting of a mobile station moving through a series of IPv6 subnets is used to demonstrate the model’s capabilities. The handover behaviour is consistent with the mathematical analysis and will be used in future papers to investigate underlying issues with MIPv6. I