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One of the major challenges for the next generation mobile systems is related to efficient mobility management. Mobile IP (MIP) provides a global framework for IP mobility management; however, it is not suitable for micro-mobility environments. Many domain-based micro-mobility management schemes have been proposed to overcome the limit of MIP. Recently there is a trend to use Multiple Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) to deal with mobility management. At the same time, artificial intelligence has proved its effectiveness in different areas by the use of techniques based on swarm intelligence. In this paper, we propose a new micromobility management scheme, called Swarm Mobile MPLS that supports both micro-mobility and quality-of-service (QoS) management in telecommunication networks. Our proposal includes Swarm intelligence technology in order to achieve a fast handoff mechanism with minimum packet loss and a signalling system with minimum registration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]