Vertical handover based on IEEE802.21 and Mobile IPv6 in UMTS/WLAN networks

Author

Benoubira, Sarra ; Frikha, Mounir ; Tabbane, Sami ; Ayadi, Khobeib

Author_Institution

Multimedia Mobile Radio Networks Res. Unit, Tunisian High Sch. of Commun., Ariana, Tunisia

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The internetworking among heterogeneous networks is in demand to provide "always-on" connectivity services. A widespread vision of the fourth generation (4G) mobile networks includes coexistence of current wireless technologies such as WLAN, WiMAX, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). The major problem that faces next generation wireless networks (NGWN) is vertical handoff management. The existing handoff management protocols are not sufficient to guarantee handoff support that is transparent to the applications in NGWS. In this paper we propose an approach based on IEEE 802.21 MIH and Mobile IPv6 to optimize vertical handover management for multi-interface MN.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; mobile computing; mobility management (mobile radio); IEEE 802.21 MIH; Mobile IPv6; NGWN; UMTS; WLAN; WiMAX; fourth generation mobile networks; general packet radio service; next generation wireless networks; universal mobile telecommunications system; vertical handoff management; 3G mobile communication; Face detection; Ground penetrating radar; Internetworking; Next generation networking; Packet radio networks; Protocols; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; MIHF; Mobile IPv6; Next generation wireless systems; vertical handover;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Networking, 2009. ComNet 2009. First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5134-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5135-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMNET.2009.5373564

Filename

5373564