1. End-To-End Mobility for the Internet Using ILNP
- Author
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Saleem N. Bhatti, Ditchaphong Phoomikiattisak, EPSRC, and University of St Andrews. School of Computer Science
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QA75 ,Article Subject ,Computer science ,Computer Networks and Communications ,QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science ,Mobile IP ,NDAS ,Linux kernel ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,lcsh:Technology ,lcsh:Telecommunication ,End-to-end principle ,Packet loss ,lcsh:TK5101-6720 ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Mobility management ,R2C ,business.industry ,Vertical handoff ,lcsh:T ,010401 analytical chemistry ,Testbed ,~DC~ ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,T Technology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Handover ,Identifier-cocator separation ,The Internet ,Communications protocol ,business ,BDC ,Host (network) ,Network-layer soft-handoff ,Computer network ,Information Systems - Abstract
This work was partially funded by the Government of Thailand through a PhD scholarship for Dr Phoomikiattisak. As the use of mobile devices and methods of wireless connectivity continue to increase, seamless mobility becomes more desirable and important. The current IETF Mobile IP standard relies on additional network entities for mobility management, can have poor performance, and has seen little deployment in real networks. We present a host-based mobility solution with a true end-to-end architecture using the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP). We show how the TCP code in the Linux kernel can be extended allowing legacy TCP applications that use the standard C sockets API to operate over ILNP without requiring changes or recompilation. Our direct testbed performance comparison shows that ILNP provides better host mobility support than Mobile IPv6 in terms of session continuity, packet loss, and handoff delay for TCP. Publisher PDF
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- 2019