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Handover Scheme between WiFi and Mobile WiMax

WiFi와 mobile WiMax간 핸드오버 방안

  • 박승균 (한북대학교 컴퓨터정보학과)
  • Received : 2010.11.29
  • Accepted : 2011.01.03
  • Published : 2011.01.28
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Abstract

At present wireless internet access service is available through the 3G network, mobile WiMAX and WiFi anytime and anywhere. In this environment where there are various networks, users should be able to select specific networks depending on different situations. And it is necessary to provide mobility support between homogeneous and between heterogenous networks. Given this situation, the many proposals have been presented to link 3G, which has the largest service area among various networks, with mobile WiMAX(IEEE 802.16e), or with WiFi(IEEE 802.11). But, recently, with the increasing volume of wireless internet use and wireless internet data, due to the advents of net-book, e-book and smart phone, the service area of WiFi and mobile WiMAX has rapidly expanded. Especially, the availability of real-time application such as internet phone has led to the relative shrinking of the proportion of 3G mobile communication network giving conventional voice service, and enlargement of those of wireless internet access networks like WiFi and mobile WiMAX. This paper suggests a handover scheme based on PMIPv6, whitch support mobility between WiFi and mobile WiMAX, and minimizes handover delay. In this scheme, the mobile node has a dual stack structure composed of two interfaces-WiFi and mobile WiMAX. Since WiFi dose not support mobility, it is suggested that the mobile node have the capacity to deal with handover signaling between gateway in case of handover between homogeneous networks. This handover scheme, suggested comparing with current handovers between homogeneous networks, has proved, in its analytic evaluation, to be able to reduce handover, transmission, and signaling overhead.

현재 무선 인터넷 접속 서비스는 3G 이동 통신 네트워크, mobile WiMAX, WiFi 등을 통해 언제 어디서든 이루어지고 있다. 다양한 무선 네트워크가 혼재해 있는 환경에서 사용자는 상황에 따라 네트워크를 선택할 수 있어야 하며 또한 동종 또는 이기종 네트워크간 이동성 지원도 필요로 하고 있다. 이러한 이유로, 서비스 지역이 가장 넓은 3G 네트워크를 주축으로 3G-mobile WiMAX(IEEE 802.16e)와 3G-WiFi(IEEE 802.11)에 대한 연동 방안들이 많이 연구되어 왔다. 그러나 최근 넷북, 전자책, 스마트폰 등의 등장과 함께 무선 인터넷 사용이 늘면서 mobile WiMAX와 WiFi 서비스 지역이 급속히 증가하고 있으며 특히 인터넷 전화 서비스와 같은 실시간 애플리케이션 사용이 가능해 짐에 따라 전통적인 음성 서비스를 하는 3G 이동 통신 네트워크의 비중은 점차 줄고 무선 인터넷 접속네트워크인 mobile WiMAX나 WiFi는 그 비중이 점차 커지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 mobile WiMAX와 WiFi간 이동성 지원과 핸드오버 지연을 최소화 하는 PMIPv6(Proxy Mobile IPv6) 기반의 핸드오버 방안을 제안한다. 제안한 방안에서 이동 노드(MN)는 WiFi와 mobile WiMAX 두 개의 인터페이스를 갖는 이중 스택 구조이며 WiFi가 이동성 지원을 하지 않으므로 기존 동종 네트워크간 핸드오버시 게이트웨이간 핸드오버 시그널링을 처리하는 기능을 이동 노드에 두도록 제안하고 있다. 동종 네트워크간 핸드오버와 비교해 제안된 핸드오버 방안은 해석적 평가를 통해 핸드오버 지연 및 전송 지연과 시그널링 오버헤드가 감소함을 보여준다.

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