Title :
HOPOVER: a new handoff protocol for overlay networks
Author :
Du, Fan ; Ni, Lionel M. ; Esfahanian, Abdol-Hossein
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a new handoff protocol named HOPOVER (HandOff Protocol for OVERlay networks). This protocol is compatible with Mobile IP and is designed specifically for overlay networks where handoffs happen both horizontally and vertically. Handoff performance is enhanced by a number of measurements including pre-reserving resources, packet buffering in the new network and packet forwarding from the old network to the new network. Our simulation proved the effectiveness of these measurements.
Keywords :
buffer storage; cellular radio; packet radio networks; protocols; quality of service; resource allocation; Cellular IP; Mobile IP; QoS; cellular radio; handoff protocol; horizontal handoffs; mobile applications; overlay networks; packet buffering; packet forwarding; quality of service; resource reservation; vertical handoffs; Computer science; Current measurement; Frequency; Home automation; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2002. ICC 2002. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7400-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2002.997432
