An Enhanced Multihoming Support Scheme with Proxy Mobile IPv6 for Convergent Networks

Yang LI  Dong-Won KUM  Ju-Eun KANG  You-Ze CHO  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E91-B   No.10   pp.3095-3102
Publication Date: 2008/10/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.10.3095
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Next-Generation Mobile Multimedia Communications)
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Keyword: 
multihoming,  proxy mobile IP,  vertical handoff,  convergent networks,  

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Summary: 
This paper analyzes the limitations of the multihoming support in the Proxy Mobile IPv6 protocol, then proposes an enhanced multihoming support scheme based on a per-interface address configuration method. The proposed scheme can provide a more flexible multihoming support and also maintain application session continuity during a handoff between two interfaces by using IPv6 extension headers. Plus, flow distribution with filters is also used to realize the advantages of multihoming. Simulation results with the OPNET validate the proposed multihoming support scheme for convergent networks.