Mpa: A Network-centric Architecture For Micro-mobility Support In Ip And Mpls Networks

Micro-mobility protocols aim to improve localized mobility by reducing the handover overheads. In this paper we present the Mobility Plane Architecture (MPA). This architecture was designed to support micro-mobility in standard IP or MPLS/GMPLS networks in a network-centric way, that is, the burden demanded by micro-mobility is placed on the network, not on the mobile nodes. The main advantages of this architecture are its independence of IPv6 and the absence of new protocols for supporting L3 mobility. © 2008 IEEE.609616R. Aggarwal, D. Papadimitriou, and S. Yasukawa. Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs). RFC 4875, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), May 2007D. Awduche, L. Berger, D. Gan, T. Li, V. Srinivasan, and G. Swallow. RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels. RFC 3209, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), December 2001Chiussi, F.M., Khotimsky, D.A., Krishnan, S., A Network Architecture for MPLS-Based Micro-Mobility (2002) IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking ConferenceJohnson, D., Perkins, C., Arkko, J., Mobility support in IPv6. RFC 3775, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) (2004), JuneDroms, R., (1997) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. RFC 2131, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), , MarchR. Droms, J. Bound, B. Volz, T. Lemon, C. Perkins, and M. Carney. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6). RFC 3315, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), July 2003Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D., Traina, P., (2000) Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE). RFC 2784, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), , MarchKoodli, R., Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6. RFC 4068, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) (2005), JulyLangar, R., Tohme, S., Micro mobile MPLS protocol in next generation wireless access networks (2004) 9th CDMA International Conference (CIC), , OctoberMontavont, N., Noël, T., Handover management for mobile nodes in IPv6 networks (2002) IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 38-43. , AugustMoskowitz, R., Nikander, P., Host Identity Protocol (HIP) Architecture. RFC 4423, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) (2006), MayRamjee, 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 ProtocolsH. Soliman, C. Castelluccia, K. E. Malki, and L. Bellier. Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 Mobility Management (HMIPv6). RFC 4140, The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), August 2005Valko, A.G., Cellular IP: A New Approach to Internet Host Mobility (1999) ACM Comp. Commun. Rev, , JanuaryJ. O. Vatn. An experimental study of IEEE 802.11b2b handover performance and its effect on voice traffic. TRITATRITAIMIT-TSLAB R 03:01, Telecommunication Systems Laboratory, Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, July 200