An IP mobility management scheme with dual location areas for IP/LEO satellite network

One of the issues of mobility management in a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network is the high-frequency location binding update initiated by mobile nodes (MNs).To solve this problem,we propose a location management scheme based on dual location area (LA) in an IP/LEO satellite network.The proposed scheme uses two kinds of LA,the fixed Earth station LA and satellite LA,to manage the location of the MNs together.MNs operate the binding update procedures only when they are moving out of both of the two LAs last registered.Geographical location information of MN is used in the binding update procedures,so that the network can page the idle MNs near their last registered location first,to enhance the probability of paging success.A detailed description of the implementation of the scheme is provided.Mathematical analysis shows that the proposed scheme reduces the location management cost and minimizes the influences of the distance between MN and its home agent.Paging cost is also reduced by introducing geographical location information in the binding update procedures.

LEO卫星通信网络的移动性管理

近年来,低轨道(Low Earth Orbit,LEO)卫星通信网络以全球覆盖、低传输时延、低功耗链路、较强的抗毁性等特点而受到广泛关注,是未来全球移动通信系统的重要组成部分。移动性管理是构建LEO卫星通信网络的关键技术,为推动移动性管理问题的研究,文章从LEO卫星通信网络的结构和特点入手,阐述了LEO卫星通信网络中移动性管理的分类,并分析了其相比地面移动无线网络的特殊性。从链路层、网络层、传输层三个协议层次综述了近年来LEO卫星通信网络移动性管理研究的国内外现状,重点介绍了移动IPv6(Mobile IPv6,MIPv6)和无缝IP分集通用移动性结构(Seamless IP-diversity based Generalized Mobility Architecture,SIGMA)在LEO卫星通信网络中的应用。最后,指出了移动性管理的发展趋势。