Evaluation of the Fast Handover Implementation for Mobile IPv6 in a Real Testbed

Abstract. Fast Handovers is an enhancement to the Mobile IPv6 protocol, currently specified in an IETF draft, which reduces the handover latency. This can be beneficial to real-time applications. This paper presents a novel implementation of Fast Handovers and an analysis of the handover. Using a real testbed we study the handover latency and the provided QoS: analyzing the OWD, IPDV and Packet Loss before and after the handover. Finally we present a comparison between the Mobile IPv6 and the Fast Handovers handover.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: IPOM
• Authors: Albert Cabellos-Aparicio, Jose Núñez-Martínez, Hector Julian-Bertomeu, Loránd Jakab, René Serral-Gracià, Jordi Domingo-Pascual
• Keywords: Fast Handovers, Handover Latency, IPOM 2005, Mobile IPv6