IPv6 multihoming support in the mobile internet

Author

Bagnulo, Marcelo ; Garcia-Martinez, Alberto ; Azcorra, Arturo

Author_Institution

Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid

Volume

14

Issue

5

fYear

2007

fDate

10/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

98

Abstract

Fourth-generation mobile devices incorporate multiple interfaces with diverse access technologies. The current Mobile IPv6 protocol fails to support the enhanced fault tolerance capabilities that are enabled by the availability of multiple interfaces. In particular, established MIPv6 communications cannot be preserved through outages affecting the home address. In this article, we describe an architecture for IPv6 mobile host multihoming that enables transport layer survivability through multiple failure modes. The proposed approach relies on the cooperation between the MIPv6 and the SHIM6 protocols.

Keywords

IP networks; Internet; mobile computing; protocols; IPv6 mobile host multihoming; IPv6 multihoming support; MIPv6 protocol; SHIM6 protocol; diverse access technology; mobile internet; multiple failure mode; multiple interface; transport layer survivability; Access protocols; Costs; Fault tolerance; Home automation; Internet telephony; Mobile communication; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2007.4396948

Filename

4396948