A Predictive Handoff Approach for Mobile IP

: We present a predictive handoff mechanism that can predict the occurrence of L2 handoff well. It can be used as a trigger for Mobile IP to start network layer handoff ahead exactly or pre-allocate resources. Using this approach link layer of MN detects signal changes based on mobility information to calculate the probability of coming handoff and trigger network layer. In this paper we illustrate the theory of this approach in detail and provide experiments to evaluate the performance. The experimental results show that this approach can provide an exact trigger with low false alarm and miss detection and ensure the seamless handoff of Mobile IP.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ICWMC
• Authors: Da-Wei Zhang, Yi Yao
• Keywords: ICWMC 2006, Mobile IP, Network Layer, Network Layer Handoff, Wireless Networks