Cross-Layer analysis and enhancement of fast MIPv6 in the real IEEE 802.11 based WLANs

Abstract

We divide the predictive FMIPV6 handover procedure into 5 phases. Among these phases, the link layer prediction, the predictive tunneling and sender preparation phases are mainly concerned, the latencies and the reasons for the latencies in the 3 phases are analyzed in an IEEE 802.11 test-bed. Based on the analysis, a cross-layer fast handover management mechanism is proposed and proved to be efficient through experiments.