A mobile networking system based on Internet Protocol(IP) |
| Pravin Bhagwat, Charles Perkins |
| Due to advances in wireless communication technology
there is a growing demand for providing continuous network access to the
users of portable computers, regardless of their location. Existing network
protocols cannot meet this requirement since they were designed with
the assumption of a static network topology where hosts do not change their
location over time. Based on IP's Loose Source Route option, we have developed
a scheme for providing transparent network access to mobile hosts. Our
scheme is easy to implement, requires no changes to the existing set of
hosts and routers, and achieves optimal routing in most cases. An outline
of the proposed scheme is presented and a reference implementation is described.
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