Authors:
N. Omheni
1
;
F. Zarai
1
;
B. Sadoun
2
and
M. S. Obaidat
3
Affiliations:
1
New Technologies and Telecommunications Systems Research Unit, ENET’COM and Tunisia
;
2
College of Engineering, Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan, ECE Department, Nazarbayev University, Astana and Kazakhstan
;
3
Kazakhstan and King Abdullah II School of Information Technology, University of Jordan and Jordan
Keyword(s):
Software-Defined Networking, Distributed Mobility Management, Proxy Mobile Ipv6, Media Independent Handover, Openflow, SDN Controller, Signaling Cost.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Case Studies
;
Computer Simulation Techniques
;
Formal Methods
;
Health Engineering and Technology Applications
;
Neural Rehabilitation
;
Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
Abstract:
The Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm predicts that the evolution of cellular and wireless networks will bring a considerable increase of two factors, the densification of the Radio Access Network (RAN) part and the progressive demand for traffic. This rapid evolution has led to the emergence of extremely complicated systems, where a large number of logic modules must interact to lead to the desired behavior and the desired quality of service. The key advantage of SDNs is the simplicity of networking and the deployment of new mechanisms and applications. Furthermore, the programmable aspect on the traffic and devices in SDNs makes them more efficient and flexible than traditional networks. In this context, Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) has been recently presented as a new trend to solve the issues of the today’s mobility management protocols. In this paper, we propose a partially distributed Mobility Management for OpenFlow/SDN networks. According to simulation resul
ts, our approach guarantees a significant reduction of the number of handover and the signaling cost.
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