A Framework-Based Approach to the Development of Network-Aware Applications
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Flexible network support for mobility
MobiCom '98 Proceedings of the 4th annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking
WOWMOM '99 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Wireless mobile multimedia
Experience with adaptive mobile applications in Odyssey
Mobile Networks and Applications
An end-to-end approach to host mobility
MobiCom '00 Proceedings of the 6th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
On providing support for protocol adaptation in mobile wireless networks
Mobile Networks and Applications - ACM/Kluwer special issue on wireless internet and intranet access
Design, implementation, and evaluation of programmable handoff in mobile networks
Mobile Networks and Applications - Special issue on Mobile Multimedia Communications (MOMUC '99)
HAWAII: A Domain-Based Approach for Supporting Mobility in Wide-Area Wireless Networks
ICNP '99 Proceedings of the Seventh Annual International Conference on Network Protocols
System support for bandwidth management and content adaptation in internet applications
OSDI'00 Proceedings of the 4th conference on Symposium on Operating System Design & Implementation - Volume 4
Mobility management for VoIP service: Mobile IP vs. SIP
IEEE Wireless Communications
Communication Context for Adaptive Mobile Applications
PERCOMW '05 Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops
Network Resource Awareness and Control in Mobile Applications
IEEE Internet Computing
A reliable communications architecture for real-time IP mobile applications
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Virtualconnection: opportunistic networking for web on demand
ICDCN'10 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Distributed computing and networking
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Many approaches exist today that address the issues that arise when a mobile node changes its point(s) of attachment to the Internet. Mobile IP takes care of host mobility at the IP layer; others at the transport layer (Mobile SCTP) or at the application layer (SIP with re-invite). In practice, most of these approaches rely on functionality residing on the mobile host that scans, detects and activates the networks available through one or more network interfaces.The mechanism proposed in this paper takes into account that multiple of these approaches may be applied at the same time. It provides the applications on the mobile host with information about the state of the lower-layer mobility management protocols (such as Mobile IP) as well as the state and characteristics of the available network resources. Applications may consecutively adapt their behavior depending on this mobility process information and thus accommodate to the changed network connectivity conditions, possibly in an application specific manner. In this paper, we present the architecture of our mobility management mechanism. We also describe the implementation of our prototype and the results of experiments with the mechanism, thereby addressing the complexities of an integrated application-aware mobility management system.