Evaluation of Mobile IPv6 Based on an OPNET Model

IPv6, as the next generation Internet protocol, has been proposed and developed by IETF to replace the traditional IPv4. Compared to traditional IPv4, one of the key advantages of IPv6 is its inherent mobility feature called MIPv6 with which the mobile devices such as Laptop computers, PDAs etc. keep connectivity alive while roaming on the Internet. This paper is a study of the MIPv6 issues using the OPNET IPv6 model. An introduction of MIPv6 is described at first. Then it presents the MIPv6 model of OPNET simulator, including all kind of supported features and configurations of mobility entities like MN, CN and HA. And then the simulation of MIPv6 testbed in the institute of informatics of Goettingen University and results are presented. Finally, it presents the conclusion and our future work.