Registration Cost Performance Analysis of a Hierarchical Mobile Internet Protocol Network

1　Introduction　MobileIP1～3] isanetworklayersolutiontonodemobilityintheInternet.ItmeansthatMobileIPaccomplishesitstaskbysettinguptheroutingtablesinappropriatenodes,suchthatIPpacketscanbesenttomobilenodesnotconnectedtotheirhomenetworklinks.　AlthoughMobileIPissuitedformacro mobility ,itfailstosupportmicro mobilityefficiently4～5] .MobileIPrequirestheMobileNode (MN)toregis terwiththeHomeAgent (HA)andtheCorrespon dentNode (CN)whenitchangesitspointofattach mentintheInternet.Therefor…

Registration Cost Performance Analysis of a Hierarchical Mobile Internet Protocol Network

On the basis of introducing principles for hierarchical mobile Internet protocol networks, the registration cost performance in this network model is analyzed in detail. Furthermore, the functional relationship is also established in the paper among registration cost, hierarchical level number and the maximum handover time for gateway foreign agent regional registration. At last, the registration cost of the hierarchical mobile Internet protocol network is compared with that of the traditional mobile Internet protocol. Theoretic analysis and computer simulation results show that the hierarchical level number and the maximum handover times can both affect the registration cost importantly, when suitable values of which are chosen, the hierarchical network can significantly improve the registration performance compared with the traditional mobile IP.