A Reference Architecture For Micro-mobility Support In Ip Networks

This paper presents an architecture for supporting micro-mobility in IP networks. The architecture is presented in terms of its functional blocks and interaction protocols. The architecture, named Mobility Plane Architecture (MPA), offers a network-centric solution for micro-mobility. This means that all the functions necessary for supporting Layer-3 mobility are placed on the network, not on the mobile node. The architecture does not interfere with services already deployed in the transport network, even services supporting macro mobility such as Mobile IP. Another key point is the total independence of the architecture from IPv6, meaning that it can be deployed on existing IPv4 networks. © 2008 IEEE.624630Johnson, D., Perkins, C., Arkko, J., Mobility Support in IPv6 (2004), The Internet Engineering Task Force IETF, RFC 3775, JunKoodli, R., Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6 (2005), The Internet Engineering Task Force IETF, RFC 4068, JulySoliman, H., Castelluccia, C., Malki, K.E., Bellier, L., (2005) Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 Mobility Management (HMIPv6), , The Internet Engineering Task Force IETF, RFC 4140, August(2007) Network-based Localized Mobility Management (netlmm), , http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/netlmmcharter.html, NETLMM Working Group(2007) Mobility for IP: Performance, Signaling and Handoff Optimization (mipshop), , http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/mipshop-charter.html, Mipshop Working GroupValko, A.G., Cellular IP: A New Approach to Internet Host Mobility (1999) ACM Comp. Commun. Rev, , JanuaryRamjee, R., Porta, T.L., Thuel, S., Varadhan, K., Wang, S., HAWAII: A Domain-based Approach for Supporting Mobility in Wide-area Wireless Network (1999) Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. Network ProtocolsChiussi, F., Khotimsky, D., Krishnan, S., A Network Architecture for MPLS-based Micro-mobility (2002) Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2002. WCNC2002. 2002 IEEE, 2, pp. 549-555. , 2, MarR. Langar, S. Tohme, and G. L. Grand, Micro Mobile MPLS: A New Scheme for Micro-mobility Management in 3G All-IP Networks, iscc, 00, pp. 301-306, 2005Xie, K., Wong, V., Leung, V., Support of Micro-mobility in MPLS-based Wireless Access Networks (2003) Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE, 2, pp. 1242-1247. , 2, 16-20 MarchFowler, S., Zeadally, S., Fast Handover over Micro-MPLS-based Wireless Networks (2006) Computers and Communications, 2006. ISCC'06. Proceedings. 11th IEEE Symposium on, pp. 181-186. , 26-29 JuneSamprakou, I., Bouras, C., Karoubalis, T., Fast and Efficient IP Handover in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs (2004) International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN04), , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June802.11F, IEEE Recommended Practice for Multi-Vendor Access Point Interoperability via Inter-Access Point Protocol Across Distribution System Supporting IEEE 802.11 OperationZagari, E., Prado, R., Cardozo, E., Magalhães, M., Badan, T., Carrilho, J., Pinto, R., Westberg, L., MPA: A Network-Centric Architecture for Micro-Mobility Support in IP and MPLS Networks (2008) Sixth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2008), , MayManner, J., Kojo, M., (2004) Mobility Related Terminology, , IETF, RFC 3753, JuneAwduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T., Srinivasan, V., Swallow, G., (2001) RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels, , The Internet Engineering Task Force IETF, RFC 3209, DecemberYasukawa, S., Signaling Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic-Engineered MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) (2006), The Internet Engineering Task Force IETF, RFC 4461, AprilFeliciano, G., Berenguel, A., Zagari, E., Cardozo, E., Onix: Overlay Network Integrated Configuration System (2007) Proceedings of XII Workshop on Services and Networks Operation and Management (WGRS) (in Portuguese), , Belém, PA, BrazilBadan, T., Prado, R., Zagari, E., Cardozo, E., Magalhães, M., An MPLS Implementation for Linux Networks (2001) Proceedings of XIX Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks (SBRC) (in Portuguese), , Florianópolis, SC, Brasi