An Enhanced Inter-Access Point Protocol for Uniform Intra and Intersubnet Handoffs
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Handover approaches for seamless mobility management in next generation wireless networks
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
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This paper proposes a novel low latency handover scheme for Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) using Media Independent Handover (MIH) services. We analyze the major aspects that induce high latency during Mobile Node's (MN) handover within a PMIPv6 domain. Our analysis consists of Layer 2 (channel scanning, MN authentication, MN's profile acquisition) and Layer 3 (binding registrations and tunnel establishment) operations. By using MIH services we provide a solution that minimizes overall scanning delay at Layer 2, the information service provided in MIH can provide context transfers, and efficient triggering events can speed up handover procedure. Through the performance evaluations made in the OPNET network simulator we validate our proposed scheme.