In this paper, we investigate a proxy-based integrated cache consistency and mobility management scheme for supporting client–server applications in Mobile IP systems with the objective to minimize the overall network traffic generated. Our cache consistency management scheme is based on a stateful strategy by which cache invalidation messages are asynchronously sent by the server to a mobile h...

Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) refers to a set of solutions developed to overcome the limitations posed by currently deployed centralized mobility management schemes. DMM offers to operators a more efficient network deployment driven by a distributed placement of core network entities close to the edge (access) of the network. The huge appreciation received by Cloud Computing technologie...

This document introduces a framework for mobility management protocols in terms of their key, abstract logical functions. We explain how the framework is capable of presenting a unified view, reducing the clutter that prevents a casual reader from understanding the commonalities between different approaches in mobility management. A first order application of this framework is to enable us to e...

This paper presents an original approach to reduce energy consumption in an IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee cluster tree network related to a backbone network. Our approach uses an enhanced mobility management of end devices combined with a rate adaptation algorithm. The mobility management approach anticipates link disruption and relies on a speculative algorithm that does not require scanning neighbor c...

Mobile grids are one of the emerging grid types. They help to pool the resources of several cooperative mobile devices to resolve a computationally intensive task. Mobility management is a key challenge in mobile grids which includes mechanisms to track and maintain the locations of mobile nodes. Mobility prediction is one of the most important components of mobility management, which defined a...

This paper discusses the agent based mobility management functionality developed by the ACTS-340MARINE project. MARINE’s mobility management procedures are based on mobile agent and distributed processing technology. The MARINE service, Broadband Video Telephony, is introduced as a scenario for the MARINE mobility management procedures. Three approaches for User Assistant agents to support user...