Research on the Multihoming Scheme in a Loc/ID split context

Abstract

With the developing of the Internet technologies, more and more terminal equipments or networks access the Internet through multiple links called multihoming. However, traditional multihoming schemes based on IP address may cause some problems such as route expansion and disruptive connections. In this paper we propose a novel multihoming scheme named the Identifier Base Multihoming Scheme (IBMS) under the Loc/ID split architecture, introduce the basic theory and the implement details, especially in the form of scenario analysis. IBMS is an identifier based multihoming scheme that can be executed both for networks and individual terminals. It is designed to offer the functions of the redundancy, load sharing, security guarantee and some other traffic engineering abilities which contribute to fulfill the demands of route control, scalability, non-disruptive connectivity, reliability, availability of the network. Scenario analysis show the effectiveness of the IBMS in the identifier based on the universal network architecture (IBUNA) under the Loc/ID split context.