According to the current Mobile IPv6 specification, a mobile node may have several care-of addresses but only one, called the primary care-of address, can be registered with its home agent and the correspondent nodes. However, for matters of cost, bandwidth, delay, etc, it is useful for the mobile node to get Internet access through multiple accesses simultaneously, in which case the mobile nod...

Proxy Mobile IPv6 is a promising protocol for supporting mobility. Unlike Mobile IPv6, which is based on hostmobility, the Proxy Mobile IPv6 is based on network-based mobility so that it can remove additional implementations on a Mobile Node (MN). Due to this feature, Proxy Mobile IPv6 has been considered as a better protocol than Mobile IPv6 in supporting mobility. However, PMIPv6 still has a ...

This document discusses the issues associated with mobility management for dual stack mobile nodes. Currently, two mobility management protocols are defined for IPv4 and IPv6. Deploying both in a dual stack mobile node introduces a number of problems. Deployment and operational issues motivate the use of a single mobility management protocol. This document discusses such motivations. The docume...

IPv6 is introduced mainly to resolve the address space issues and also provides several advanced features. IPv6 is estimated to replace IPv4 in a very near future. Dual Stack Mobile IPv6 (DSMIPv6) is an extension of Mobile IPv6 to support mobility of devices irrespective of IPv4 and IPv6 network. This paper provides an architectural overview of the existing DSMIPv6 implementation and software a...

Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The current Mobile IPv6 and Netw...

This paper provides a review of the recent advancements in technologies for Smart Home Automation and Hierarchical Wireless Multimedia Management systems (such as Hierarchical Mobile IP) and its potential application and integration to Smart Home systems. The principles of Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 are adopted for providing mobility on the design of the architecture for MIP-Based Smart Home. Sma...

This paper describes how to provide global Internet access to Mobile Personal Area Networks and suggests a protocol enhancement to support mobility under different node requirements. For this purpose the concept of the user’s Mobile Station acting as a Mobile Multi-link Subnet Router is introduced, which provides the necessary IPv6 connectivity and mobility services to the nodes connected to th...

When Mobile IPv6 is deployed in commercial network, a mobile node needs AAA services for authentication, authorization and accounting. AAA and Mobile IPv6 are operated independently. Hence schemes which merge these protocols have been emerged. These schemes enable the mobile node to establish a security association between the mobile node and a home agent, and to perform a home binding update d...