Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Mobility Management in Integrated Network Platforms Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras and Carmelita Görg ComNets, University of Bremen, Germany
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Contents Problem Description Integrated Networks Proposed Solution TCP over 2.5G/3G Networks ComNets Testbed Future Research
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Problem Description Wide range of access networks Wide range of devices Different devices in every environment Separate devices for data and tele-communications Internet is not mobile enabled
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Integrated Networks Global Roaming Integration of access networks Wireless and wire-lined Option of ad hoc networks Access Freedom Integration of data and tele- communications Personal Mobility (between devices)
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Proposed Solution A solution should be based on the Internet Protocol Integrates hetero/homogeneous networks Bearer for data/telecommunications Global Roaming Mobile Internet Protocol Internet roaming Transparent to higher layers Does not interrupt communications Access Freedom Session Initiation Protocol Personal mobility Terminal-type negotiation Terminal capability negotiation Caller and callee authentication Multicast support
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, TCP/IP over 2.5G/3G Networks Optimization Mechanisms for TCP over 2.5G/3G networks Large window size Large initial window MTU larger than default IP MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit) Path MTU discovery Selective acknowledgments (SACK) Explicit congestion notification (ECN) Comparison between TCP over 2.5G/3G networks and WAP Wireless Profiled TCP (WP-TCP) Selective acknowledgment (TCP-SHOULD, WAP-MUST)
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, ComNets Testbed
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Network Simulation with NS-2 Screenshot from the Network Animator (NAM)
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Future Research Multi-interface end-devices Mobile IP provides mobility management for the total of communications End-devices should utilise multiple interfaces simultaneously Bandwidth Aggregation, QoS, Cost, Local Services, Distance to peer Mobile Aware Stacks Mobile IP is a transparent solution Other layers are not mobile aware Other layers provide resistances to mobility Improve performance through mobile awareness Ad hoc networks Heterogeneous, multi-hop, Internet compatible Investigate performance Personal Mobility, Security Requirements, Service Location
Stefan Aust, Nikolaus Fikouras, Carmelita Görg ITG-Fachgruppe Kamp-Lintfort, Publications N. A. Fikouras and C. Görg. Performance Comparison of Hinted and Advertisement Based Movement Detection Methods for Mobile IP Hand-offs. In Proceedings of the European Wireless 2000, Dresden, Germany, September N. A. Fikouras and C. Görg. Performance Comparison of Hinted and Advertisement Based Movement Detection Methods for Mobile IP Hand-offs. Communication Networks, To Appear in Elsevier Science, Communication Networks. N. A. Fikouras, C. Görg, and I. Fikouras. Achieving Integrated Network Platforms through IP. In Proceedings of the Wireless World Research Forum Kick-Off Meeting 2001 (WWRF), Munich, Germany, March IST. N. A. Fikouras, A. J. Könsgen, and C. Görg. Accelerating Mobile IP Hand-offs through Link- layer Information, An Experimental Investigation with b and Internet Audio. In Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems (MMB), Aachen, Germany, September 2001.