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Mobility Management Architecture for WiMAX Networks

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Although WiMAX, based on the IEEE 802.16 family of standards, has emerged as one of the major candidates for next generation networks, it is also clear that in the near future, the combination of several technologies will be required. In this sense, the support of mobility in heterogeneous environments, addressing broadband wireless, is one of the main requirements in next generation networks. This chapter presents an architecture based on the recently standardized IEEE 802.21 framework, integrating both mobility and Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, and accommodating different wired and wireless technologies, such as WiMAX, Wi-Fi, DVB, and UMTS. This architecture supports seamless mobility in broadband wireless access (BWA) networks, and thus, it is suitable for next generation network environments. The results, obtained through real experimentation of the implemented architecture through an advanced mobility scenario using a real WiMAX testbed, show that the architecture is able to provide QoS under dynamic scenarios, with fast integrated QoS and mobility signaling.

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Abbreviations

AAA:

Authentication, Authorization and Accounting

AC:

Admission Control

AF:

Application Function

AIP:

All-IP

AP:

Access Point

ASN:

Access Service Network

ASN-GW:

ASN-Gateway

BE:

Best Effort

BS:

Base Station

BWA:

Broadband Wireless Access

CID:

Connection Identifier

COTS:

Commercial-of-the-Shelf

CPS:

Common Part Sublayer

CS:

Convergence Sublayer

CSC:

Connectivity Service Controller

CSN:

Connectivity Service Network

DHCP:

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS:

Domain Name Service

ertPS:

Extended real time Polling Service

FA:

Foreign Agent

FBSS:

Fast Base Station Switching

FMIP:

Fast Handovers for MIP

GA:

Generic Adapter

GIST:

General Internet Signaling Transport

GLSM:

Generic Link State Monitor

HA:

Home Agent

HO:

Handover

HHO:

Hard Handover

ID:

IDentifier

IMS:

IP Multimedia Subsystem

IP:

Internet Protocol

LLC:

Link Lower Controller

LSIM:

Link-specific Information Monitor

PHY:

Physical

MAC:

Medium Access Control

MDHO:

Macro Diversity Handover

MICS:

Media Independent Command Service

MIES:

Media Independent Event Service

MIH:

Media Independent Handover

MIHF:

Media Independent Handover Function

MIHU:

Media Independent Handover User

MIIS:

Media Independent Information Service

MIP:

Mobile IP

MM:

Mobility Management

MN:

Mobile Node

MRI:

Message Routing Information

MS:

Mobile Station

NCMS:

Network Control and Management System

NGN:

Next Generation Network

NRM:

Network Reference Model

nrtPS:

Non-real-time Polling Service

NSIS:

Next Steps in Signaling

NSLP:

NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol

NWG:

Network Working Group

PMIP:

Proxy MIP

PoA:

Point of Attachment

PoS:

Point of Service

QNE:

QoS Node Entity

QoS:

Quality of Service

QSPEC:

QoS SPECification

RC:

Resource Controller

RMF:

Resource Management Function

RP:

Reference Point

RSA:

Redline Specific Adapter

rtPS:

real time Polling Service

SAP:

Service Access Point

SDP:

Session Description Protocol

SDU:

Service Data Units

SF:

Service Flow

SFM:

Service Flow Management

SHO:

Soft Handover

SIP:

Session Initiation Protocol

SNMP:

Simple Network Management Protocol

SS:

Subscriber Station

TCP:

Transmission Control Protocol

TFPT:

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

UDP:

User Datagram Protocol

UGS:

Unsolicited Grant Service

WA:

WEIRD Agent

WEIRD:

WiMAX Extension to Isolated Research Data networks

WiMAX:

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

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Acknowledgment

Part of this work was conducted within the framework of the IST Sixth Framework Programme Integrated Project WEIRD (IST-034622), which was partially funded by the Commission of the European Union. Study sponsors had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, interpretation, or writing the book chapter. The views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the authors’ employers, the WEIRD project, or the Commission of the European Union. We thank our colleagues from all partners in WEIRD project for fruitful discussions.

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Sargento, S. et al. (2010). Mobility Management Architecture for WiMAX Networks. In: WiMAX Networks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8752-2_6

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