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Node Mobility Scheme for IP and Non-IP Wireless Personal Area Network Nodes using 6LoWPAN

Authors:
Gopinath Rao Sinniah
Zeldi Suryady Kamalurradat
Usman Sarwar
Kar Hoey Teo

Keywords: Mobile IPv6; Network Mobility; Proxy based Mobile IPv6; Wireless Personal Area Network; 6LoWPAN

Abstract:
The rapid growth of technology has enabled more devices (IP and Non-IP, high powered and low powered) to be connected to the Internet and these devices are expected to be mobile. However, the existing IP mobility protocol is not suitable for devices that have low resources, such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). This paper proposes a mobility scheme using 6LoWPAN, targeted for any LoWPAN devices that may or may not have IP stack capability. It uses a combination of host-based and network-based mobility. In the scheme, the mobile device would be configured to store the home edge router IP address that would be given to new edge router to establish communication with the home edge router. The paper analyses the signaling messages in setting up communication once mobile node moves to a new network. The theoretical and analytical results show that the performance of the scheme is better than the existing methods.

Pages: 83 to 89

Copyright: Copyright (c) The Government of Malaysia, 2013. Used by permission to IARIA.

Publication date: August 25, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-296-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from August 25, 2013 to August 31, 2013