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Enhancement of Fast Handover for Mobile IPv6 based on IEEE 802.11 Network

IEEE 802.11 네트워크 기반 Mobile IPv6 Fast Handover 성능 향상 방안

  • Published : 2008.02.15
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Abstract

As a mobility support for IP have studied, Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF) standardized the Mobile IPv6(MIPv6) protocol. When a mobile node moves between subnets, MIPv6 maintains connectivity to network and supports seamless communication, and these processes are called a Handover. Whenever the mobile node moves between subnets, the Handover is performed. The mobile node can not communicate during the Handover. This period is Galled Handover latency. To reduce this latency, mipshop working group standardizes Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6(FMIPv6), but latency which the mobile node registers its new care-of address to a home agent and a correspondent node is still long. To solve this problem, we propose a scheme that the mobile node registers the new care-of address to the home agent and initiates Return Routability procedure in advance during layer 2 handover, based on FMIPv6 and IEEE 802.11. We analyze MIPv6, FMIPv6 and the proposed scheme in term of packet transmission cost during the Handover. Compared to MIPv6 the proposed scheme gains 79% improvement, while it gains 31% improvement compared to FMIPv6.

IP계층에서의 이동성 지원에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되어, Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF)에서 Mobile IPv6(MIPv6) 프로토콜이 표준화 되었다. 이러한 MIPv6은 이동노드가 서브넷 사이를 이동할 때, 네트워크에 대한 연결성을 유지하여 끊김 없는 통신을 가능하게 해주며 이러한 과정을 핸드오버라고 한다. 이동노드가 서브넷 사이를 이동할 때마다 핸드오버 처리를 수행하게 되는데, 이러한 핸드오버 처리 동안에는 이동노드가 통신을 할 수 없는 긴 지연시간이 생긴다. 이러한 지연시간을 줄이기 위해서 IETF에서 Fast Handovers for Mobile IPv6(FMIPv6)를 표준화하였다. 하지만 FMIPv6 또한 홈에이전트와 상대노드에게 바인딩을 갱신하기 위한 시간은 길게 남아 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서, 본 논문에서는 2계층 프로토콜로 IEEE 802.11을 사용하는 FMIPv6을 기반으로 하여 2계층 핸드오버 수행 중에 3계층 핸드오버 과정인 홈에이전트로의 바인딩 갱신과 Return Routability 과정을 미리 시작하여 전체적인 핸드오버 지연시간을 단축시키는 방법을 제안한다. 수학적인 비용 분석 방법을 통하여 제안하는 방법을 MIPv6과 FMIPv6의 방법과 비교 분석하였으며, MIPv6에 비하여 79%, FIMPv6에 비하여 31%의 성능 향상을 얻었다.

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