Fast handover support in a WLAN environment challenges and perspectives.

Fast handover support in a WLAN environment challenges and perspectives.

While handover management has traditionally used radio-technology-specific mechanisms, the need for integration of this diverse network environment has obviated the "push" of the handover functionality to the generic IP layer that serves the rendezvous point of underlying technologies. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Network : the magazine of global information exchange 19, 3 (2005).
Main Author: Dimopoulou, L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
IEEE 802.21 WG.
IP handover control.
WLAN environment.
Diverse network environment.
Fast handover support.
Fast mobile IPv6 protocol.
Generic IP layer.
Generic link-layer triggers.
Handover management.
Link-layer agnostic operation.
Radio-technology-specific mechanisms.
Wireless local area network.