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Enhanced Cross-Layering Mobile IPv6 Fast Handover over IEEE 802.16e Networks in Mobile Cloud Computing Environment

모바일 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경에서 IEEE 802.16e 네트워크에서의 향상된 교차계층 Mobile IPv6 빠른 핸드오버 기법

  • Received : 2010.09.14
  • Accepted : 2010.12.10
  • Published : 2010.12.25
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Abstract

The main issue in mobile cloud computing is how to support a seamless service to a mobile mode. Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) is a mobility supporting protocol which is standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Mobile IPv6 fast handovers (FMIPv6) is the extension of MIPv6 which is proposed to overcome shortcomings of MIPv6. Recently, fast handovers for Mobile IPv6 over IEEE 802.16e which is one of broadband wireless access systems has been proposed by the IETF. It was designed for supporting cross-layer fast handover. In this paper, we propose an enhanced cross-layering mobile IPv6 fast handover over IEEE 802.16e networks. In our scheme, a new access router generates a new address for the mobile node by using a layer 2 trigger. We utilize a layer 2 message which is sent from a new base station to the new access router in order to inform the new access router of information of the mobile node. A previous access router sends a binding update message to the mobile node's home agent when it acquires the new address of the mobile node. We evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme compared with the existing schemes in terms of the signaling cost and the handover latency. From the results, we observe that the proposed scheme can support fast handover effectively over IEEE 802.16e networks than existing schemes.

모바일 클라우드 컴퓨팅의 핵심은 이동 노드가 끊임없는 서비스를 제공받는 것이다. Mobile IPv6(MIPv6)는 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)에 의해 표준화된 이동성 제공 프로토콜이다. Mobile IPv6 빠른 핸드오버 (FMIPv6)는 MIPv6의 확장으로, MIPv6의 단점들을 보완하기 위해 제안되었다. 최근 들어, 광대역 무선 제어 시스템 중 하나인 IEEE 802.16e 환경에서의 Mobile IPv6를 위한 빠른 핸드오버가 IETF에 의해 제안되었다. 이것은 교차계층 빠른 핸드오버를 제공하기 위해 설계되었다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.16e 네트워크에서의 향상된 교차계층 Mobile IPv6 빠른 핸드오버를 제안한다. 제안하는 방식에서 새로운 접속 라우터는 2계층 트리거를 이용하여 이동 노드를 위한 새 주소를 생성한다. 이동 노드의 정보를 새로운 접속 라우터에게 알리기 위하여 새로운 베이스 스테이션에서 새로운 접속 라우터로 보내지는 2계층 메시지를 이용한다. 이동 노드의 새 주소를 획득하면 이전 접속 라우터는 이동 노드의 홈 에이전트에게 바인딩 갱신 메시지를 보낸다. 시그널링 비용과 핸드오버 지연에 대하여 제안하는 방안의 성능을 기존 방안들과 비교하여 성능평가를 수행한다. 결과를 통해, 제안하는 방안이 기존 방안들에 비해 IEEE 802.16e 네트워크에서의 빠른 핸드오버를 효과적으로 제공하는 것을 볼 수 있다.

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