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M⁴: multimedia mobility manager: a seamless mobility management architecture supporting multimedia applications

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Karl Andersson,

Daniel Granlund,

Christer ÅhlundAuthors Info & Claims

MUM '07: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Mobile and ubiquitous multimedia

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1329469.1329470

Published: 12 December 2007 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, a proof-of-concept and a software architecture, M⁴ (MultiMedia Mobility Manager), is presented. In short, M⁴ is offering seamless mobility management to multimedia applications using a variety of wireless access networks. First, M⁴ is built on multihomed Mobile IP building on the principle of soft handovers. Second, network selection in M⁴ is based on a network layer metric combining round-trip times and jitter in round-trip times. Third, the end-user can enter its own preferences on network selection through a policy-based extension to the proposed network selection algorithm.

The proposed architecture is evaluated in a live heterogeneous networking environment where handover performance is studied in detail. In addition, user-perceived quality of experience for Voice over IP using the M⁴ software architecture has been studied. Last, downloads of large amount of data using a combination of high and low capacity wireless networks in M⁴ were studied.

Results indicate that the architecture as a whole and the proposed algorithms perform well. M⁴ can thus be seen as an implementation of the "Always Best Connected" vision.

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M⁴: multimedia mobility manager: a seamless mobility management architecture supporting multimedia applications
1. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Network layer protocols
      1. Routing protocols

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