Route Optimization Using Tree Information Option for Nested Mobile Networks

Mobile IP is the basic solution to provide host mobility, whereas network mobility refers to the concept of collective mobility of a set of nodes. In the simplest scenario, a mobile network moves as a single unit with one mobile router (MR) that connects it to the global Internet. Also, multiple mobile networks can be nested in a hierarchical form, e.g., a wireless personal area network (PAN) in a vehicular network. In a nested mobile network, multiple MRs form a tree hierarchy in which the root MR is called the top-level mobile router (TLMR). Nested mobile networks exhibit the pinball routing problem, which becomes worse in proportion to the number of nested levels in the hierarchy. To solve this problem, we propose a routing optimization scheme using a tree information option (ROTIO) that extends the NEMO basic support protocol. In the ROTIO scheme, each MR in the nested mobile network sends two binding updates (BUs): one to its home agent and the other to the TLMR. The former BU contains the TLMR's home address, while the latter contains routing information between the issuing MR and the TLMR. This alleviates the pinball routing problem significantly. Now, a packet from a correspondent node only needs to visit two transit nodes (the home agents of the MR and the TLMR), regardless of the degree of nesting. Moreover, the ROTIO scheme provides location privacy and mobility transparency. We also extend ROTIO to perform routing between two mobile network nodes inside the same nested mobile network more efficiently and to substantially reduce the disruption when a mobile network hands off.     

一种移动网络中的路由优化模型

本文针对嵌套移动网络中所存在的路由优化问题和数据包多层封装问题,借鉴移动自组织网中的多跳转发思想,提出了一种新型的路由优化模型.在该模型中,移动路由器可以直接选择被访问网络的固定路由器作为自己的外地接入路由器,进而消除了嵌套的影响.分析结果表明,相对于传统解决方案而言,该模型可以有效解决移动网络中由于嵌套而产生的路由优化问题,具有最小的数据包封装开销,并且对安全和快速切换等有着良好的支持.     

Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Route Optimization Solution for NEMO

An important requirement for Internet protocol (IP) networks to achieve the aim of ubiquitous connectivity is network mobility (NEMO). With NEMO support we can provide Internet access from mobile platforms, such as public transportation vehicles, to normal nodes that do not need to implement any special mobility protocol. The NEMO basic support protocol has been proposed in the IETF as a first solution to this problem, but this solution has severe performance limitations. This paper presents MIRON: Mobile IPv6 route optimization for NEMO, an approach to the problem of NEMO support that overcomes the limitations of the basic solution by combining two different modes of operation: a Proxy-MR and an address delegation with built-in routing mechanisms. This paper describes the design and rationale of the solution, with an experimental validation and performance evaluation based on an implementation.     

DDRP: An efficient data‐driven routing protocol for wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks

Introduction of mobile sinks into a wireless sensor network can largely improve the network performance. However, sink mobility can cause unexpected changes of network topology, which may bring excessive protocol overhead for route maintenance and may offset the benefit from using mobile sinks. In this paper, we propose an efficient data‐driven routing protocol (DDRP) to address this problem. The design objective is to effectively reduce the protocol overhead for data gathering in wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks. DDRP exploits the broadcast feature of wireless medium for route learning. Specifically, each data packet carries an additional option recording the known distance from the sender of the packet to target mobile sink. The overhearing of transmission of such a data packet will gratuitously provide each listener a route to a mobile sink. Continuous such route‐learning among nodes will provide fresh route information to more and more nodes in the network. When no route to mobile sink is known, random walk routing simply is adopted for data packet forwarding. Simulation results show that DDRP can achieve much lower protocol overhead and longer network lifetime as compared with existing work while preserving high packet delivery ratio. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enhancement of Return Routability Mechanism for Optimized‐NEMO Using Correspondent Firewall

Network Mobility (NEMO) handles mobility of multiple nodes in an aggregate manner as a mobile network. The standard NEMO suffers from a number of limitations, such as inefficient routing and increased handoff latency. Most previous studies attempting to solve such problems have imposed an extra signaling load and/or modified the functionalities of the main entities. In this paper, we propose a more secure and lightweight route optimization (RO) mechanism based on exploiting the firewall in performing the RO services on behalf of the correspondent nodes (CNs). The proposed mechanism provides secure communications by making an authorized decision about the mobile router (MR) home of address, MR care of address, and the complete mobile network prefixes underneath the MR. In addition, it reduces the total signaling required for NEMO handoffs, especially when the number of mobile network nodes and/or CNs is increased. Moreover, our proposed mechanism can be easily deployed without modifying the mobility protocol stack of CNs. A thorough analytical model and network simulator (Ns‐2) are used for evaluating the performance of the proposed mechanism compared with NEMO basic support protocol and state‐of‐the‐art RO schemes. Numerical and simulation results demonstrate that our proposed mechanism outperforms other RO schemes in terms of handoff latency and total signaling load on wired and wireless links.     

A Transparent Failover Mechanism for a Mobile Network with Multiple Mobile Routers

In a mobile network that is multihomed by multiple mobile routers, a mobile router that loses link connectivity can be replaced by the other mobile routers. We propose a transparent failover mechanism (TFM) to provide seamless Internet services to nodes in the mobile network, which is validated by implementing a real test-bed. Compared to the network mobility basic support protocol, TFM does not require the nodes attached to the failed mobile router to change their addresses, and hence has two advantages: (a) IP connectivity is maintained transparently, and (b) failover is quickly accomplished by avoiding the address re-configuration process in each node.     

基于卫星移动通信的网络移动研究

文中研究了利用卫星移动通信支持网络移动的必要性,提出了利用卫星移动通信网扩展地面IP网覆盖范围的设想和实现方案,分析了该方案的特点及需要解决的关键技术问题,重点分析了卫星移动信道对TCP/IP协议的影响及网络移动过程中的连接和路由选择问题,卫星移动信道误码率、往返时延、变化率、信道不对称性及信道频繁通断对TCP/IP协议工作效率的影响,以及提供网络移动应解决的双重隧道问题。     

AAA authentication for network mobility

Network mobility (NEMO) is a protocol proposed for the mobility management of a whole network.It offers seamless Internet connectivity to the mobile end users.However,the NEMO protocol has not been wid...     

基于双向直通隧道技术的移动IP路由优化方案

移动IP是一种基于IP层提供移动支持功能的解决方案,在路由技术方面他还存在一些诸如“三角路由”、入口过滤的问题。简单介绍了现有的针对这些问题的解决方案,提出一种基于双向直通隧道技术的移动IP路由优化方案。有效地避免了传统方法解决入口过滤问题时所引起的双向“三角路由”。     

Route Optimization in Nested NEMO: Classification, Evaluation, and Analysis from NEMO Fringe Stub Perspective

Mobile IP is the basic solution to providing host mobility, whereas network mobility (NEMO) refers to the concept of the collective mobility of a set of nodes. The NEMO basic support protocol has been proposed in IETF as a first solution to the problem of network mobility. The main limitation of this basic solution is that it forces triangular routing, i.e., packets are always forwarded through the home agent (HA), following a suboptimal path. This is because each sub-NEMO obtains a care of address (CoA) that belongs to the home prefix of its parent mobile router. Such a CoA is not topologically meaningful in the current location, since the parent mobile router could also be away from home, and hence, packets addressed to the CoA are forwarded through the HA of the parent NEMO. To solve this problem, various extended proposals, with differing approaches and goals, exist for route optimization (RO) in NEMO applications. Their influences on the RO performance have been evaluated by classifying the detailed operations performed within the nested NEMO network, and then each category is analyzed in detail. The modeling of the detailed RO operation is intended to quantify the tradeoffs between the different approaches in order to provide a basis for the selection decision. In particular, the proposed grouping of the different proposals, based on their address configuration strategy, clarifies their similarities and differences, and provides some useful insights into the various methods that have been developed. In conclusion, it is suggested that, when choosing a solution for deploying NEMO, the designer has to balance his choices between the different pros and cons, and the different cases of application that are derived in this paper.     

Research on distributed mobile management of satellite network based on software define network

Distributed mobility management (DMM) was an effective method to solve the mobile address handover.Therefore,it was considered to be a technology that can be applied to satellite network mobility management.A distributed mobile management scheme which based on software definition network (SDN) was proposed to solve the traffic redirection problem in satellite network.Different from the traditional DMM application scenario which was network-based or terminal-based,the SDN-DMM scheme implements location management and address handover in SDN controllers.Therefore,SDN-based satellite network distributed mobile management scheme can realize packet forwarding path optimization compared with traditional scheme,and it shows significant advantages in managementcost and traffic management.     

An efficient distributed routing protocol for wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks

Introducing mobile sinks into a wireless sensor network can effectively improve the network performance. However, sink mobility can bring excessive protocol overhead for route maintenance and may offset the benefit from using mobile sinks. In this paper, we propose a dynamic layered routing protocol to address this problem. The proposed protocol integrates dynamic layered Voronoi scoping and dynamic anchor selection to effectively reduce the dissemination scopes and frequencies of routing updates as the sinks move in the network. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol can effectively reduce the protocol overhead while ensuring high packet delivery ratio as compared with existing work. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

路由优化研究

路由优化是移动通信领域的一个重要研究课题,标准移动IP协议的不对称的三角路由给通信造成时延过长、网络资源浪费问题。讨论了一种由家乡代理发出绑定更新消息信令的路由优化方案,并通过NS仿真比较了路由优化前后数据包传输路径。仿真结果表明,路由优化方案消除了三角路由的影响,很大程度上提高了网络的传输效率。     

A wireless access network based on WDM-PON for HMIPv6 mobility support

In this paper, an IP-based wireless access network is proposed, which is designed to support the hierarchical MIPv6 standard on the wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network access network in order to provide a fast and seamless handoff support. Two schemes for enhancing the mobility management are included in the proposed network’s infrastructure support. Firstly, the local-link channels between sub-networks are provided to improve the mobility management efficiency for the mobile nodes roaming between neighboring sub-networks. Secondly, the early route optimization scheme has been applied, which optimizes the mobility management process between the corresponding node and the home agent (HA), resulting in reduced bandwidth waste and long end-to-end packet delays, as well as lowering the heavy burden on the HA. The performance of the proposed mobility management scheme has been evaluated in terms of handoff delays, packet losses and transmission costs. The superior performance of the proposed scheme has been verified and compared to other schemes.     

一种基于代理移动IPv6的全局移动性管理结构和协议

该文定义一种基于代理移动IPv6的全局移动性管理结构和协议,简称为PMIPGMM。 在PMIPGMM中,由网络实体而不是移动节点完成移动性管理, 另外消除了移动节点和接入路由器之间分发数据的无线链路隧道负荷。为与熟知的层次移动IPv6协议比较,基于液体流移动性模型,分别给出了每个协议下,移动节点在平均域停留时间内产生的位置更新、数据分发和总费用函数。分别研究了各种系统参数对费用函数的影响。分析结果表明所提出的基于代理移动IPv6的全局移动性管理协议可以保证低的总费用。     

利用分级HA实现基于移动卫星的网络移动通信

本文介绍了网络移动技术在卫星移动通信中的应用,构建了利用卫星移动通信网扩展地面IP网覆盖的实现模型,然后在此基础上利用分级HA概念提出了一种改进的优化路由方案,最后分析了该方案的特点及需要解决的关键技术问题.     

A Novel SIP-Based Route Optimization for Network Mobility

With the provision of various wireless services, e.g., third-generation (3G) and wireless local area network (WLAN), more and more people request to access the Internet anywhere at anytime. For example, people want to check their e-mails on the bus or watch online news while traveling in the train. For this purpose, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposed the concept of network mobility, i.e., a set of users move as a unit. We motivate the network mobility problem by considering the state-of-the-art scenario of the network mobility (NEMO) basic support protocol that is extended from the Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6). In order to avoid the same problems suffered by MIPv6, a new session initiation protocol (SIP)-based network mobility management scheme called SIP-NEMO is designed and proposed in this paper. The proposed SIP-NEMO not only copes with the movement of a mobile network but also achieves the route optimization between two SIP clients without too many signaling messages over wireless links, even if the mobile network is nested. In this paper, we also analytically compute and simulate the performance of SIP-NEMO with the NEMO basic support protocol proposed by the IETF.     

动态环境下嵌套移动网络的快速路由优化

针对嵌套移动网络在快速移动场景下,频繁切换带来的较长通信恢复收敛时间和网络内部节点通信的次路由优化问题,提出了一种使用树信息选项的快速路由优化方案.该方案通过使用树信息选项对RA消息进行扩展和新增本地绑定(LBU)机制,减少了在快速变化环境中由于切换造成的通信中断时间,并且能在移动网络内部节点交互业务增多时,保证路由的...     

OLSR performance measurement in a military mobile ad hoc network

Wireless ad hoc networks are autonomous, self-configurating and adaptive. Thus, such networks are excellent candidates for military tactical networks, where their ability to be operational rapidly and without any centralized entity is essential. As radio coverage is usually limited, multihop routing is often needed; this is achieved by an ad hoc routing protocol supporting nodes mobility. In this paper, we present performance measurements of the Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) routing protocol, having the status of IETF RFC. The measurements are performed at CELAR site on a platform representative of military scenarios in urban areas. This platform consists of ten routers, eight PDAs and laptops using a IEEE 802.11b radio interface and implementing OLSR v7. Some nodes are mobile within vehicles. The emphasis of the measurements is on the performance of the network (route repair, network convergence speed, user traffic performance) in presence of this mobility.     

内容推送和路由扩散相结合的内容源移动管理优化方案

在内容中心网络(Content Centric Networking,CCN)中,消费者请求按照原有转发路径无法成功交付移动内容源,兴趣包丢失率高;为保证移动内容源的可达性,则需要对全网路由器进行路由更新,这将造成巨大的更新开销.针对上述问题,提出内容推送和路由扩散相结合的内容源移动管理优化方案.与现有CCN内容源移动...