MAP Load Control and Route Optimization in HMIPv6

HMIPv6에서의 MAP의 부하 제어 및 경로 최적화

  • Nam, Sung-Hyun (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Geun (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Sejong University)
  • 남성현 (세종대학교 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 이경근 (세종대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Published : 2008.12.25

Abstract

HMIPv6 draws lots of attentions in recent years for providing an efficient handover and reducing the signaling overhead. HMIPv6 employs MAP(Mobility Anchor Point) in order to minimize a signaling overhead and a local mobility management. MAP completes an efficient mobility management in HMIPv6 network environment with frequent handover. However, HMIPv6 causes load concentration at a paricular MAP and may have unnecessary latency between HN(Mobile Node) and CN(Correspondent Node) within the same network. A MAP may also disturb the route optimization in HMIPv6 network because all packets must be transmitted through a MAP. In this paper, we propose a scheme to optimize the route in HMIPv6 networks according to MAP load. We configure a threshold in order to support the better service into MAP domain. The packets do not pass through MAP and are directly transmitted to AR(Access Router) if the number of current MNs attached to the MAP exceed the desired threshold. We simulate the performance of the proposed scheme and compare with HMIPv6. Resultly, the proposed scheme reduces signaling costs and mitigates concentration of a paticular MAP as well.

HMIPv6는 효율적인 핸드오버를 제공하고 시그널링 오버헤드를 줄이기 위한 기술로 주목받고 있다. HMIPv6는 이러한 시그널링 오버헤드와 지역적 이동성 관리를 위해 MAP(Mobility Anchor Point)를 도입한다. MAP는 빈번한 핸드오버가 발생하는 HMIPv6 네트워크 환경에서 효율적인 이동성 관리를 이룬다. 그러나 HMIPv6는 특정한 MAP로의 부하집중과 같은 네트워크 안에 존재하는 MN(Mobile Node)와 CN(Correspondent Node)사이의 불필요한 지연을 발생시킨다. 또한 모든 패킷은 MAP를 경유하여 전송되기 때문에 MAP는 HMIPv6 네트워크에서의 경로 최적화를 방해한다. 본 논문은 HMIPv6 네트워크에서 MAP의 부하에 따라 경로를 최적화하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 MAP 도메인 안에서 최적의 서비스를 제공하기 위한 임계값을 설정하고 MAP에 연결된 이동노드의 수가 임계값을 넘어서는 경우에 MAP를 거치지 않고 AR(Access Router)로 직접 전송하도록 한다. 이에 따라 제안하는 방법은 시그널링 비용을 줄일 뿐만 아니라 특정한 MAP의 부하집중을 완화시킨다.

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