Title :
A Network Architecture for Providing Micro-Mobility in MPLS/GMPLS Networks
Author :
Badan, Tomás ; Zagari, Eduardo ; Prado, Rodrigo ; Cardozo, Eleri ; Aes, Maurício Magalh ; Carrilho, J. ; Pinto, José CarrilhoRossano ; Berenguel, André ; Barbosa, D. ; Moraes, Daniel ; Johnson, Thienne ; Westberg, Lars
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Goias (UFG), Goiania
Abstract :
The mobile plane architecture (MPA) is a network architecture that provides micro-mobility in a network-centric way, that is, the burden of supporting micro-mobility is placed on the network and not on the mobile nodes. MPA employs an overlay network above an IPv4 or IPv6 transport network in order to direct traffic to the mobile nodes. The overlay network is built by establishing point-to-multipoint (P2MP) tunnels through the transport network. This paper presents an implementation of MPA over MPLS/GMPLS networks. It is shown that the combination of P2MP tunneling with label stacking is an effective way for providing mobility services in MPLS/GMPLS transport networks. Results obtained in a lab-sized network are presented as well.
Keywords :
IP networks; mobile computing; multiprotocol label switching; IPv4 transport network; IPv6 transport network; MPLS/GMPLS networks; P2MP tunneling; label stacking; micromobility; mobile plane architecture; mobility services; network architecture; overlay network; point-to-multipoint tunnels; Computer architecture; Computer networks; IP networks; Mobile computing; Multiprotocol label switching; Peer to peer computing; Routing protocols; Stacking; Telecommunication traffic; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. WCNC 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2947-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2009.4917514
