Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Where to Solve Mobility Problem
nWhat
model of mobility
–“nomadic clients”: DHCP or similar solutions enough
–Truly mobile: need to keep connections alive
WHILE moving
nWhere
in the protocol stack
–IP is common glue, solve it once and for all at IP
layer
–BUT: may be in contradiction to end-to-end argument
–Other solutions/proposals exits, such as TCP connection
migration