The problem with putting nomadic devices on to the Internet is that the Internet is designed to route packets hierarchically. The Mobile IP protocol was created to address this issue directly. Network ...

In the previous sections, we looked at how move detection and Mobile IP handover policy initiate a Mobile IP handover. Before we look at the messaging that performs a Mobile IP handover, we look at ...

Mobile IP was originally approved as a draft standard of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 1996. The original proposal was built on Request For Comments (RFCs) 2002-2006. Since then, a ...