Mobile multimedia metropolitan area network

Author

Yamada, Takahiko ; Lambertsen, Gaute ; Zhangliang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatu-Shi, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

2047

Abstract

This paper proposes a mobile multimedia metropolitan area network (MM-MAN) which provides IP-based VPN connections between mobile terminals on business activities around metropolitan area, and LAN in their own home office. To make VPN circuit handed over on cell-by-cell traverse, a VPN agent exists in MM-MAN access networks, and VPN server in each office network. Tunneling between VPN server in LAN of home office, and VPN agent in the MM-MAN is used to support macro-mobility. To support high level business activities, all information which can reveal business activities should be hidden from the third party. To be neutral, private address is used as a source and destination in each VPN connection even to designate IP terminals in its own office, and is used even during the VPN setup to terminals in the Internet. Micro-mobility support for high-speed and high-bit rate terminals is a role of PON (passive optical network) as an access network. Multicast communication is used in a PON access network to construct logical macro-cell in order to allow smooth handover for high-speed terminal.

Keywords

IP networks; business communication; metropolitan area networks; mobile communication; multimedia communication; virtual private networks; IP terminal; IP-based VPN connection; Internet; LAN; MM-MAN; PON; VPN agent; VPN circuit; VPN server; business activity; cell-by-cell traverse; high-bit rate terminal; high-speed terminal; logical macrocell; macromobility; mobile multimedia metropolitan area network; mobile terminal; multicast communication; passive optical network; private address; smooth handover; Circuits; Local area networks; Metropolitan area networks; Multimedia systems; Network neutrality; Network servers; Passive optical networks; Tunneling; Urban areas; Virtual private networks;

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.2003.1200701

Filename

1200701