A Session Layer Concept for Overlay Networks

Current day mobility solutions are characterized by a number of essential restrictions that prevent them from being successful in an overlay network environment. This paper proposes 4 properties that mobility solutions must have to address these restrictions: application cooperation, higher layer mo...

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Published in:Wireless personal communications 2005-10, Vol.35 (1-2), p.111-121
Main Authors: Mahieu, Tom, Verbaeten, Pierre, Joosen, Wouter
Format: Article
Language:English
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Heterogeneity
Subsystems
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Summary:Current day mobility solutions are characterized by a number of essential restrictions that prevent them from being successful in an overlay network environment. This paper proposes 4 properties that mobility solutions must have to address these restrictions: application cooperation, higher layer mobility awareness, general applicability and protocol heterogeneity. Subsequently, a mobility solution that realizes all these properties is described. The solution introduces a session layer in the protocol stack that consists of two subsystems: the connection abstraction system and the address management system. Other mobility solutions found in the literature, session layer and others, typically only realize a subset of the four properties.
ISSN:0929-6212
1572-834X
DOI:10.1007/s11277-005-8743-9