MPA: A Network-Centric Architecture for Micro-Mobility Support in IP and MPLS Networks

Author

Zagari, Eduardo ; Prado, Rodrigo ; Cardozo, Eleri ; Magalh, MauríCio ; Badan, Tomás ; Carrilho, José ; Pinto, Rossano ; Berenguel, André ; Barboza, Daniel ; Moraes, Daniel ; Johnson, Thienne ; Westberg, Lars

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Campinas Univ., Campinas

fYear

2008

fDate

5-8 May 2008

Firstpage

609

Lastpage

616

Abstract

Micro-mobility protocols aim to improve localized mobility by reducing the handover overheads. In this paper we present the Mobility Plane Architecture (MPA). This architecture was designed to support micro-mobility in standard IP or MPLS/GMPLS networks in a network-centric way, that is, the burden demanded by micro-mobility is placed on the network, not on the mobile nodes. The main advantages of this architecture are its independence of IPv6 and the absence of new protocols for supporting L3 mobility.

Keywords

IP networks; mobility management (mobile radio); multiprotocol label switching; GMPLS networks; IP networks; MPA; handover overheads; localized mobility; micromobility protocols; micromobility support; mobility plane architecture; network-centric architecture; Access protocols; Cellular networks; Communication networks; Computer architecture; Femtocell networks; IP networks; Multiprotocol label switching; Proposals; Routing; Spine; Micro-mobility; mobile IP networks; mobile networks architectures; wireless access networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2008. CNSR 2008. 6th Annual

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3135-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CNSR.2008.63

Filename

4519914