A network-controlled architecture for SCTP hard handover

Khadija Daoud, Karine Guillouard, Philippe Herbelin, Noël Crespi

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Abstract

SCTP faces three performance problems in hard handover scenarios: high network handover delay, high transport handover delay and throughput under-utilization. Existing solutions assume the mobile extension of SCTP (m-SCTP) as a unique way to handle handovers and rely on terminal mechanisms. Nevertheless, they are not efficient as they lack the necessary information to perform on-time and fine SCTP configuration tuning during handovers. We propose in this paper an overall mobility management architecture (UFA) replacing m-SCTP. UFA uses network-controlled mechanisms and SIP protocol to reduce the network handover delay and drive the optimal SCTP configuration on both SCTP endpoints. We simulate and compare UFA and m-SCTP. Results are promising and show better performances for UFA, even when compared with enhanced m-SCTP solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC2010-Fall - Proceedings
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC2010-Fall - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: 6 Sept 20109 Sept 2010

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC2010-Fall
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period6/09/109/09/10

Keywords

  • Component
  • SIP
  • UFA (Ultra Flat Architecture)
  • m-SCTP

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