Mobile IP: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

The recent years have witnessed a tremendous growth in the number of mobile internet users and the need for mobility support is indispensable for seamless internet connectivity. Mobile IP is a mobility support protocol that supports roaming across multiple Access Points without having to re-establish the end to end connection. In this paper, we take the position that despite several challenges that Mobile IP faces, it would turn out to be the protocol for supporting mobility in the future. We support our claim by analyzing the factors that would influence the widespread adoption of Mobile IP and we go further to discuss the counter claims in an effort to convince the reader that the advantages of Mobile IP outweights its disadvantages.