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Mobility and multiaccess in emerging Internet architectures

Abstract—Popular mobile devices now ship with several integrated wired and wireless network interfaces. PDAs and smartphones, for example, are increasingly supporting communications via both cellular technologies and wireless LANs; laptops typically come with built-in Ethernet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. As multiaccess devices proliferate, we move closer to a network environment that is often referred to as ``beyond 3G", or B3G in telecommunications speak. This tutorial thoroughly reviews recent developments in mobility and multiaccess technologies. After motivating the need for novel mechanisms to meet the challenges from the emerging network environment, the tutorial introduces the recently finalized Media Independent Handover Services standard (IEEE 802.21) and presents a blueprint for its implementation. Finally, the tutorial introduces recent developments in the so-called clean-slate Internet architecture design space, presenting the new paradigms, and elaborating on their impact on mobility and multiaccess.

Tags—Networks, Mobile computing, Future Internet

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