Chapter
Outline
10.1 Addressing
10.2 Agents
10.3 Three Phases
10.4 Inefficiency in Mobile
10-1 ADDRESSING
The main problem that must be solved in
providing mobile communication using
the IP protocol is addressing.
Stationary Host
Mobile Host
Note
Figure 10.1
Note
10-2 AGENTS
To
make
the
change
of
address
transparent to the rest of the Internet
requires a home agent and a foreign
agent.
Home Agent
Foreign Agent
Figure 10.2
10
Note
11
Agent Discovery
Registration
Data Transfer
13
Figure 10.3
Mobile host
when at home
Time
Home agent
Time
Foreign agent
Time
Mobile host
after move
Time
Remote host
14
Time
Note
15
Figure 10.4
Agent advertisement
16
17
Note
18
Figure 10.5
19
20
Figure 10.6
21
Note
22
Figure 10.7
Data transfer
Home network
Mobile host
original home
Remote network
Remote
host
Home
agent
1
Internet
Foreign
agent
Mobile
host
Foreign network
3
23
Note
24
25
Double Crossing
Triangle Routing
Solution
26
Figure 10.8
Double crossing
Foreign network
Remote
host
Home
network
Could-be
path
Internet
Home
agent
Foreign
agent
27
Mobile
host
Figure 10.9
Home
network
Triangle routing
Home
agent
Remote
host
Internet
2
Foreign
agent
Could-be
path
Mobile
host
Remote network
Foreign network
28