Optimization of vertical handover decision procedure using an experimental MIPv6 testbed

Rosario G. Garroppo; Stefano  Giordano; Stefano  Lucetti; Giuseppe  Risi; Luca  Tavanti

2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

Optimization of vertical handover decision procedure using an experimental MIPv6 testbed

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    title={Optimization of vertical handover decision procedure using an experimental MIPv6 testbed},
    proceedings={2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
    publisher={IEEE},
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Rosario G. Garroppo
Stefano Giordano
Stefano Lucetti
Giuseppe Risi
Luca Tavanti
Year: 2006
Optimization of vertical handover decision procedure using an experimental MIPv6 testbed
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649147

Rosario G. Garroppo¹^,*, Stefano Giordano¹^,*, Stefano Lucetti¹^,*, Giuseppe Risi¹^,*, Luca Tavanti¹^,*

1: Pisa University, Italy

*Contact email: r.garroppo@netserv.iet.unipi.it, s.giordano@netserv.iet.unipi.it, s.lucetti@netserv.iet.unipi.it, g.risi@netserv.iet.unipi.it, l.tavanti@netserv.iet.unipi.it

Abstract

The paper presents an experimental geographical testbed used to analyze the handover performance of the mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) protocol. The analysis carried out using a current implementation of MlPv6 protocol has allowed us to identify that a relevant contribution to handover latency can be associated to the handover decision. In the standard implementation, this procedure is triggered by the layer 3 neighbor unreachability detection algorithm. To overcome this problem, we have developed and tested a kernel module devoted to the dynamic management of the network interfaces of a mobile node. The developed interface management module (IMM) works in cooperation with the mobile IPv6 implementation, extending Its functionalities to better support interface selection and movement detection. The experimental performance analysis highlights the ability of the proposed IMM to reduce the vertical handover decision time.

Published: 2006-07-05
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649147