Application-Centric Analysis of IP-based Mobility Management Techniques

• Main Authors: MISRA, Archan, DAS, Subir, AGRAWAL, Prathima
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: mobility management; VoIP; Web access; mobile IP; SIP; HAWAII; cellular IP; IDMP; DMA; hierarchical; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/664; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1663/viewcontent/Application_CentricAnalysisIP_based_MobilityMgt_2001.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper considers three applications—VoIP, mobile Web access and mobile server-based data transfers—and evaluates the applicability of various IP-based mobility management mechanisms. We first survey the features and characteristics of various IP mobility protocols, such as MIPv4, MIPv6, MIP-RO, SIP, CIP, HAWAII, MIP-RR and IDMP, and then evaluate their utility on an application-specific basis. The diversity in the mobility-related requirements ensures that no single mobility solution is universally applicable. We recommend a hierarchical mobility architecture. The framework uses our Dynamic Mobility Agent (DMA) architecture for managing intra-domain mobility and multiple application-based binding protocols for supporting inter-domain mobility. Thus, we recommend SIP as the global binding protocol for VoIP applications and MIPv4/MIPv6 as the global binding mechanism for the mobile server scenario.