Towards a GNU/Linux IEEE 802.21 implementation

Esa Piri, Kostas Pentikousis

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings
Subtitle of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ, USA
PublisherIEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages1 - 5
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-3435-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
EventIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009 - Dresden, Germany
Duration: 14 Jun 200918 Jun 2009

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2009
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDresden
Period14/06/0918/06/09

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.21
  • media independent handover services
  • MIH
  • implementation
  • GNU/Linux

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