AUM - An IPv6 based approach for micromobility

Abstract

A number of micromobility protocols have been proposed in the recent past for IPv4 based networks. In this paper we present Auto-update Micromobility (AUM) - a novel approach for providing micromobility in IPv6 environments. The proposed scheme exploits the basic IPv6 feature of hierarchical addressing structure for efficient location management and provides specialized mechanisms for seamless mobility support. AUM takes an end-to-end approach to micromobility rather than a proxy approach taken by current proposals. This results in much simplified routing and a scalable architecture as discussed in this paper. © 2004 IEEE.