Fast handoffs in wireless LAN networks using mobile initiated tunneling handoff protocol for IPv4 (MITHv4)

Author

Gwon, Youngjune ; Fu, Guangrui ; Jain, Ravi

Author_Institution

DoCoMo Commun. Labs. USA, Inc, San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1248

Abstract

We investigate fast IP handoffs in wireless LAN networks. As a simple mobile-controlled approach, we introduce mobile initiated tunneling handoff protocol for IPv4 (MITHv4). Our experimental results show that MITHv4 can achieve optimized low latency and low loss IP handoffs in wireless LAN networks. Furthermore, MITHv4 significantly reduces the link layer trigger requirements and substantial access network support to synchronize link layer and IP layer handoffs that fast Mobile IPv4 (FMIPv4) protocols heavily rely on. These benefits of MITHv4 are crucial for wireless LAN networks where the required link layer triggers for FMIPv4 are not feasible due to limited access network control.

Keywords

IP networks; access control; mobile communication; mobile computing; transport protocols; wireless LAN; FMIPv4 protocol; IP layer handoff; Internet protocol; MITHv4; access network support; fast IP handoff; fast mobile IPv4; limited access network control; link layer; local area network; low loss IP handoffs; mobile initiated tunneling handoff protocol for IPv4; mobile-controlled approach; optimized low latency; wireless LAN network; Access protocols; Bit rate; Bridges; Costs; Intelligent networks; Streaming media; Tunneling; Urban areas; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200552

Filename

1200552