Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization (PDF)

This book provides a common framework for mobility
management that considers the theoretical and practical aspects of
systems optimization for mobile networks.

In this book, the authors show how an optimized system of
mobility management can improve the quality of service in existing
forms of mobile communication. Furthermore, they provide a
theoretical approach to mobility management, as well as developing
the model for systems optimization, including practical case
studies using network layer and mobility layer protocols in
different deployment scenarios. The authors also address the
different ways in which the specific mobility protocol can be
developed, taking into account numerous factors including security,
configuration, authentication, quality of service, and movement
patterns of the mobiles.

Key Features:

* Defines and discusses a common set of optimization
methodologies and their application to all mobility protocols for
both IPv4 and IPv6 networks

* Applies these technologies in the context of various layers:
MAC layer, network layer, transport layer and application layer
covering 802.11, LTE, WiMax, CDMA networks and protocols such as
SIP, MIP, HIP, VoIP, and many more

* Provides a thorough analysis of the required steps during a
mobility event such as discovery, network selection, configuration,
authentication, security association, encryption, binding update,
and media direction

* Includes models and tables illustrating the analysis of
mobility management as well as architecture of sample wireless and
mobility test beds built by the authors, involving inter-domain and
intra-domain mobility scenarios

This book is an excellent resource forprofessionals and systems
architects in charge of designing wireless networks for commercial
(3G/4G), LTE, IMS, military and Ad Hoc environment. It will be
useful deployment guide for the architects wireless service
providers. Graduate students, researchers in industry and academia,
and systems engineers will also find this book of interest.