Title: On the enhancement of mobility and multimedia communications in heterogeneous RANs

Authors: Michael Georgiades, Klaus Moessner, Tasos Dagiuklas

Addresses: Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK. ' Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK. ' Department of Telecommunications Systems and Networks, TEI of Mesolonghi, 30300 Nafpaktos, Greece

Abstract: Ambient Networks (AN) aim to embrace the heterogeneity arising from different network technologies such that it appears homogeneous to the potential users at the level of network service provisioning. This paper focuses on the employment of a State Transfer Module (STM) in AN for enhancing mobility and minimising the impact of multimedia service discrepancy (e.g., security, session continuity) by supporting the transfer of authentication and authorisation states upon handoff as well as supporting multimedia session continuation while the users roam and handoff across heterogeneous wireless networks.

Keywords: ambient networks; mobility management; STM; state transfer modules; AAA; middleboxes; multimedia service continuity; security; authentication; authorisation; radio access networks; RANs; wireless networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPT.2008.019293

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, 2008 Vol.3 No.1, pp.22 - 34

Published online: 06 Jul 2008 *

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