Location-aware multimedia proxy handoff over the IPv6 mobile network environment

Chung Ming Huang, Chao Hsien Lee, Yuan Tse Yu, Chung Yi Lai

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In a server-proxy-client 3-tier networking architecture that is executed in the mobile network, proxies should be dynamically assigned to serve mobile hosts according to geographical dependency and the network situation. The goal of proxy handoff is to allow a mobile host still can receive packets from the corresponding server while its serving proxy is switched from the current one to another one. Once proxy handoff occurs, a proper proxy should be selected based on the load balance concern and the network situation concern. In this paper, a 3-tier Multimedia Mobile Transmission Platform, called MMTP, is proposed to solve the proxy handoff problem in the IPv6-based mobile network. A proxy handoff scheme based on the application-layer anycasting technique is proposed in MMTP. A proper proxy is selected from a number of candidate proxies by using the application-layer anycast. An experimental environment based on MMTP is also built to analyze the performance metrics of MMTP, including load balance among proxies and handoff latency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1037-1050
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Systems and Software
Volume79
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Sept

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Information Systems
  • Hardware and Architecture

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Location-aware multimedia proxy handoff over the IPv6 mobile network environment'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this