TY - GEN
T1 - Performance evaluation of mobile IPv6 handover extensions in an IEEE 802.11b wireless network environment
AU - Lai, Johnny
AU - Sekercioglu, Y. Ahmet
AU - Jordan, Norbert
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In order to support mobile users, the basic Internet protocols have been extended with protocols (e.g., Mobile IPv6) for intercepting and forwarding packets to a mobile and possibly roaming node. Seamless roaming requires that users and applications do not experience loss of connectivity or any noticeable interruption in traffic. This is not only important for highly delay-sensitive traffic, but also for TCP-based traffic, as its performance is highly sensitive to packet loss and reordering. It is therefore imperative that handovers are initiated in such a way that the handover latency and packet loss is minimized. However, little is known about the performance of the proposed Mobile IPv6 approach in an actual network. In particular, it is not understood how different enhancement schemes for Mobile IPv6 influence essential performance metrics. This research paper is aimed at evaluating some of these enhancement techniques by extensive simulations to see how close we are to the ideal goal of attributing handover delay to the limitations of the physical hardware below the network layer.
AB - In order to support mobile users, the basic Internet protocols have been extended with protocols (e.g., Mobile IPv6) for intercepting and forwarding packets to a mobile and possibly roaming node. Seamless roaming requires that users and applications do not experience loss of connectivity or any noticeable interruption in traffic. This is not only important for highly delay-sensitive traffic, but also for TCP-based traffic, as its performance is highly sensitive to packet loss and reordering. It is therefore imperative that handovers are initiated in such a way that the handover latency and packet loss is minimized. However, little is known about the performance of the proposed Mobile IPv6 approach in an actual network. In particular, it is not understood how different enhancement schemes for Mobile IPv6 influence essential performance metrics. This research paper is aimed at evaluating some of these enhancement techniques by extensive simulations to see how close we are to the ideal goal of attributing handover delay to the limitations of the physical hardware below the network layer.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547338365&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISCC.2006.125
DO - 10.1109/ISCC.2006.125
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547338365
SN - 0769525881
SN - 9780769525884
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
SP - 161
EP - 166
BT - Proceedings - 11th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2006
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2006
Y2 - 26 June 2006 through 29 June 2006
ER -