Network layer mobility: an architecture and survey

Author

Bhagwat, Pravin ; Perkin, Charles ; Tripathi, Satish K.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

64

Abstract

We explore various network layer concepts that play a crucial role in the design of mobile networking systems. We show that mobility is essentially an address translation problem and is best resolved at the network layer. We describe services that must be supported at the network layer to carry out the task of address translation. Using these service primitives as building blocks, we describe a network-layer architecture which enables smooth integration of mobile end systems within the existing Internet. A summary of some of the key mobile IP proposals is presented, and it is shown that each proposal can be viewed as a special case of the architecture outlined in this article

Keywords

Internet; mobile communication; naming services; network topology; transport protocols; Internet; address translation problem; architecture; building blocks; integration; key mobile IP proposals; mobile end systems; mobile networking systems design; network layer mobility; service primitives; File servers; IP networks; Internet; Internetworking; Joining processes; Network servers; Protocols; Routing; TCPIP; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Personal Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9916

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/98.511765

Filename

511765