Abstract
The agent micro-mobility protocols such as Hierarchical Mobile IP and Network-based Localized Mobility Management (NetLMM) have become leading contenders for providing micro-mobility support to Mobile Nodes (MNs). For the efficient deployment of such protocols optimal and robust mobility agent selection mechanisms are required. In this Letter we propose a framework for optimal mobility agent selection by distributing the incoming load optimally whilst maintaining the QoS requirements for the Mobile Nodes. A binary linear integer program is formulated that takes into consideration the above mentioned criteria. The results show large improvement in terms of load distribution amongst the mobility agents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1094-1096 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Micro-mobility
- mobility agents
- mobility management
- load balancing
- QoS