Title: Handover management in next generation networks: a cross layer solution

Authors: S. Bhaskar; G.A.E. Satish Kumar; P. Ramanareddy

Addresses: ECE Department, SJCIT, Chickballapur, India ' Stanley Stephen College of Engineering and Technology, Kurnool, India ' ECE Department, JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur, India

Abstract: The next generation networks are envisioned to integrate varied access technologies offering varied services to the user nodes. To provide for seamless connectivity handover management in such heterogeneous network is a problem that exists. The link layer-based handover management protocols that currently exist neglect the varying network layer conditions effecting handover operations. To address this issue, in this paper a cross layer Noise Resilient Reduced Registration Time Care-of Mobile IP (NR_RRTC: MIP) protocol for handover management is discussed. The NR_RRTC: MIP incorporates a network layer-based handover decision making algorithm and a link layer-based handover execution algorithm. The experimental study presented in this paper proves that the cross layer approach reduces handover latencies and improves network performance.

Keywords: cross layer; network layer; link layer; handover management; handover latency; next generation networks; network performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITCC.2015.071024

International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence, 2015 Vol.3 No.2, pp.161 - 172

Received: 11 Oct 2014
Accepted: 17 May 2015
Published online: 05 Aug 2015 *

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