Handoff support for mobility with IP over Bluetooth

Author

Baatz, Simon ; Frank, Matthias ; Göpffarth, Rolf ; Kassatkine, Dmitri ; Martini, Peter ; Schetelig, Markus ; Vilavaara, Asko

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput. Sci., Bonn Univ., Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

154

Abstract

The BLUEPAC (BLUEtooth Public ACcess) concepts present ideas for enabling mobile Bluetooth devices to access local area networks in public areas, such as airports, train stations and supermarkets. The proposed protocols support mobility on OSI layer 3. This paper concentrates on the necessary layer 2 protocol concepts for supporting mobility and handoffs between different access points. Furthermore, we present the necessary adaptations for allowing IP datagrams to be exchanged between the mobile Bluetooth devices and access points. The BLUEPAC protocol concepts have been implemented above a Bluetooth emulation system to test their feasibility. First results clearly showed the importance of minimizing the handoff duration to allow efficient operation of upper layer protocols such as TCP

Keywords

cellular radio; radio access networks; transport protocols; wireless LAN; BLUEPAC; BLUEPAC protocol; Bluetooth emulation system; Bluetooth public access; IP; IP datagrams; OSI layer 3; TCP; access points; airports; handoff duration; handoff support; layer 2 protocol; local area networks; mobile Bluetooth devices; mobile computing; mobility; supermarkets; train stations; upper layer protocols; Access protocols; Bluetooth; Emulation; Frequency; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Space technology; System testing; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2000. LCN 2000. Proceedings. 25th Annual IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0912-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2000.891020

Filename

891020