Implementation of Media Independent Handover Functions for Wi-Fi/Ethernet Heterogeneous Networks

• Main Authors: Yun-Lin Shiau, 蕭允琳
• Other Authors: Rong-Hong Jan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75410156468614049694

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 網路工程研究所 === 97 === The more development of the network access technologies, the more demands of accessing multiple network technologies for users will increase. It becomes more important that integrating heterogeneous network technologies for multi-mode network device. The Media Independent Handover Functions (MIH Functions), defined in a framework proposed bythe IEEE 802.21 working group, provide a convergence of diverse access networks to facilitate handover and achieve better performance. In this thesis, the MIH Functions on the test-bed are applied to analyze the impact of handover within Wi-Fi and Ethernet. The experiment results show that the mobile device with MIH Functions not only improves the handoff latency, but also reduces the packet loss significantly while roaming across heterogeneous networks.