Signal strength based handover management protocol for future generation networks

4G networks or the future generation networks are heterogeneous networks. Different technologies converge over the IPv6 core and provide different services to the user nodes. Handover Management in 4G network is an issue that requires attention. The Internet Engineering Task Force have proposed varied protocols for mobility management. The existing protocols for handover management do not consider the effects of signal degradation during handover operations. This paper discusses the Noise Resilient Reduced Registration Time Care-of Mobile IP (NR_RRTC. MIP) protocol for handover management. A simulation study to evaluate the performance of the NR_RRTC: MIP is discussed in the paper. Based on the simulation results, the reduction in handover latency and packet drop rates is proved.