A distributed signaling fast mobile IPv6 scheme for next generation heterogeneous IP networks

  • Authors:

  • Mohtasim Abbassi;Shahbaz Khan;M. Rahman

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan;Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan;Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar (Mardan Campus), Pakistan

  • Venue:
  • IFIP'12 Proceedings of the 2012 international conference on Networking
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The Next-Generation Wireless Networks (NGWNs) are believed to exhibit a heterogeneous environment which imposes various challenges, among them Mobility Management is most crucial. The FMIPv6 protocol has been standardized by IETF to address certain shortcomings of the baseline Mobile IPv6. However, it does not directly support vertical handovers. Therefore, research is still going on to develop more effective IPv6 based vertical handoff protocols for efficient support of frequent and seamless roaming. This paper presents a new protocol named Distributed Signaling Fast Mobile IPv6 (DS-FMIPv6) which effectively addresses reduction of handoff latency, signaling costs and power overheads for a better support of seamless & frequent vertical handoffs.