Design and Analysis of an Adaptive Handover Protocol for 4G Networks

doi:10.1007/s12204-015-1609-8

Abstract

Abstract: The future generation networks or 4G networks constitute of varied technologies converged over the Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) core. The 4G networks offer varied services over different interfaces to the user nodes. Mobility management in 4G networks is an issue that exists. The handover protocols for mobility management in 4G networks that currently exist, do not consider wireless signal degradation during handover operations. This paper introduces the Noise Resilient Reduced Registration Time Care of Mobile IP (NR RRTC: MIP) protocol for handover management. A handover decision algorithm based on the signal strength measured by the user nodes is considered in the NR RRTC: MIP protocol. A simulation study is discussed in the paper to evaluate the performance of the NR RRTC: MIP protocol. The results obtained from the simulation study prove that the NR RRTC: MIP protocol effectively reduces handover latencies and improves network performance.

Key words: mobile internet protocol| internet protocol version 6 (IPv6)| handover latency, mobility management|received signal strength| mobile IPv6 (MIPv6)

摘要： The future generation networks or 4G networks constitute of varied technologies converged over the Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) core. The 4G networks offer varied services over different interfaces to the user nodes. Mobility management in 4G networks is an issue that exists. The handover protocols for mobility management in 4G networks that currently exist, do not consider wireless signal degradation during handover operations. This paper introduces the Noise Resilient Reduced Registration Time Care of Mobile IP (NR RRTC: MIP) protocol for handover management. A handover decision algorithm based on the signal strength measured by the user nodes is considered in the NR RRTC: MIP protocol. A simulation study is discussed in the paper to evaluate the performance of the NR RRTC: MIP protocol. The results obtained from the simulation study prove that the NR RRTC: MIP protocol effectively reduces handover latencies and improves network performance.

关键词: mobile internet protocol| internet protocol version 6 (IPv6)| handover latency, mobility management|received signal strength| mobile IPv6 (MIPv6)

CLC Number:

TN 929.5

BHASKAR Subbe Gowda1*, SATISH KUMAR Gandluru Arthur Edwin2, RAMANA REDDY Patil3. Design and Analysis of an Adaptive Handover Protocol for 4G Networks[J]. Journal of shanghai Jiaotong University (Science), 2015, 20(2): 209-217.

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