Abstract
Multiaccess mobile devices and overlapping wireless network deployments
have emerged as a next generation network fixture. To make the most of all
available networks, mobile devices should be capable of handing over between
heterogeneous networks seamlessly and automatically. At the same time,
operators should be able to steer network attachment based on their criteria.
Although several cross layer mechanisms have been proposed in recent years,
only the media independent handover (MIH) services framework has advanced in
any of the established standardization bodies. This paper presents a
blueprint for a GNU/Linux implementation of IEEE 802.21. We review the
salient points of the standard, introduce our software implementation
architecture, detail information gathering in GNU/Linux, and show how our
prototype implementation can be used in practice. In contrast with prior
published work, this paper presents a real IEEE 802.21 implementation, not an
abstracted or reduced MIH-like framework, tested and empirically evaluated
over real heterogeneous networks. (23 refs.)
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, USA |
Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
Pages | 1 - 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-3435-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 14 Jun 2009 → 18 Jun 2009 |
Conference
Conference | IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Dresden |
Period | 14/06/09 → 18/06/09 |
Keywords
- IEEE 802.21
- media independent handover services
- MIH
- implementation
- GNU/Linux