Motivation for Mobile IP
n Routing
based on IP destination address, network prefix (e.g. 129.13.42)
determines physical subnet
change of physical subnet implies change of IP address to have a
topological correct address (standard IP) or needs special entries in the
routing tables
n Specific routes to end-systems?
change of all routing table entries to forward packets to the right
destination
does not scale with the number of mobile hosts and frequent changes in
the location, security problems
n Changing the IP-address?
adjust the host IP address depending on the current location
almost impossible to find a mobile system, DNS updates take to long time
TCP connections break, security problems