MULTIMEDIA FLOW MOBILITY IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS USING MULTIHOMED MOBILE IP
Keywords:
Wireless communication, Heterogeneous Networks, Mobile IP, Flow mobilityAbstract
Communication in next generation networks will use multiple access technologies, creating a heterogeneous network environment. To enable end-user terminals to move between access networks with minimal disruption, the terminals should be able to maintain multiple active network connections. Such a multihomed mobile host will experience differences in capabilities and coverage area depending on the access technologies. This paper proposes and evaluates an extension to Mobile IP enabling multihoming, regardless of the access technology. Mobility of multimedia communication in this environment should adapt to changing conditions and be based on dynamic measurements and user preferences. The proposed architecture gives opportunities for mobile multimedia applications to use multiple access networks simultaneously and the possibility to move individual flows between access networks and between user devices. Media flows are identified by destination IP address, protocol and port number. Evaluation results are presented both from a simulation study and from a real world prototype implementation using three different wireless access technologies: 802.11, UMTS and 802.16-2004.
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