2) Datagram is intercepted 3) Datagram is by home agent and detunneled and is tunneled to the delivered to the care-of address. mobile node. +-----+ +-------+ +------+ , home , > , foreign, ------> , mobile, , agent, , agent , <------ , node , +-----+ +-------+ +------+ 1) Datagram to /, \ / mobile node , / 4) For datagrams sent by the arrives on , / mobile node, standard IP home network , / routing delivers each to its via standard , , _ destination. In this figure, IP routing. +----+ the foreign agent is the , host, mobile node's default router. +----+ Figure 1: Operation of Mobile IPv4
Description
Notations Used :CH - Correspondent Host :MH - Mobile Host :HA - Home Agent :FA - Foreign AgentTriangular Routing Problem
The problem in communication between a fixed host and a mobile host, such as a home computer and a smartphone, is that while the mobile host knows the fixed host's address, the fixed host does not know the mobile host's current address. Therefore different routing must be used for the different directions. In mobile IP, packets that are sent to a mobile host by the correspondent host are first routed to the mobile host's home agent and then forwarded to the mobile host at its current location by its home agent. However, packets that are sent from the mobile host should not be handled in this way.Solution
For mobile IP, routing optimization is necessary because all packets sent to the mobile host (MH) shall pass through the home agent (HA) but the route may not be the best. After receiving the packets sent by the correspondent host (CH) to the MH, the HA notifies the CH of the binding information about the MH, i.e., the current foreign agent (FA) address of the MH, and the CH encapsulates the packets and establishes the tunnel to the FA for transparent transmission. The binding information is transferred via a definite port number. If the MH moves again, the new FA will transfer the updated binding information to the old FA to ensure that the packets are transferred to the new FA. And meanwhile, the HA gets the updated binding information so the subsequent packets will be transferred directly from the CH to the new FA. The mobile IP with route optimization sets high requirements on the CH. The CH shall have the ability to obtain the binding information, encapsulate the packets and establish the tunnel. Therefore, the CH protocol stack needs many modifications. This may lead to problems when using services that doReferences
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