Role of the Mobile IPv6 in the DoD Service-Oriented Architecture

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a new paradigm for organizing and utilizing distributed computing resources. When implementing SOAs for the DoD, it is critical that warfighters have access to mission critical services from any location on the global. Unfortunately present SOA systems assume a static, reliable network. Tactical networks are composed of mobile network elements with variable connectivity and are thus inherently "unreliable". Usage of Mobile IPv6 as a connectivity strategy for SOAs creates a disruption tolerant network that ensures mission success.