A QoS-aware VoD resource sharing scheme for heterogeneous networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
An intelligent resource management scheme for heterogeneous WiFi and WiMAX multi-hop relay networks
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
An integrated mobility framework for ad hoc distributed personal networks
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
Using abstract interpretation to add type checking for interfaces in Java bytecode verification
Theoretical Computer Science
UPMT: universal per-application mobility management using tunnels
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
Interworking in heterogeneous wireless networks: comprehensive framework and future trends
IEEE Wireless Communications
A reconfigurable test platform to experiment with wireless heterogeneous networks in a laboratory
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
ruSMART/NEW2AN'10 Proceedings of the Third conference on Smart Spaces and next generation wired, and 10th international conference on Wireless networking
The "Always Best Packet Switching" architecture for SIP-based mobile multimedia services
Journal of Systems and Software
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The ITU-T definition of next generation networks includes the ability to make use of multiple broadband transport technologies and to support generalized mobility. Next generation networks must integrate several IP-based access technologies in a seamless way. In this article, we first describe the requirements of a mobility management scheme for multimedia real-time communication services; then, we report a survey of the mobility management schemes proposed in the recent literature to perform vertical handovers between heterogeneous networks. Based on this analysis, we propose an application-layer solution for mobility management that is based on the SIP protocol and satisfies the most important requirements for a proper implementation of vertical handovers. We also implemented our proposed solution, testing it in the field, and proving its overall feasibility and its interoperability with different terminals and SIP servers.