Mobile IP is an IP layer mobility protocol which allows mobile nodes to remain reachable while moving around in the Internet.In the current IETF Mobile IP specifications,when a mobile node roams, its location movement...Mobile IP is an IP layer mobility protocol which allows mobile nodes to remain reachable while moving around in the Internet.In the current IETF Mobile IP specifications,when a mobile node roams, its location movement can be tracked by simply monitoring the IP addresses in IP packets.Recently, the issue of protecting location information in Mobile IP has received increasing attention,especially within the IETF and the 3GPP standard bodies.In this paper we propose a technique for hiding a mobile node’s location movement information from eavesdroppers during route optimization and as well as from its correspondent node during reverse tunneling. The proposed technique is highly efficient and fully compatible with the base Mobile IPv6 operation.展开更多
基金partly funded by Office of Research, Singapore Management University and Institute for Infocomm Research
文摘Mobile IP is an IP layer mobility protocol which allows mobile nodes to remain reachable while moving around in the Internet.In the current IETF Mobile IP specifications,when a mobile node roams, its location movement can be tracked by simply monitoring the IP addresses in IP packets.Recently, the issue of protecting location information in Mobile IP has received increasing attention,especially within the IETF and the 3GPP standard bodies.In this paper we propose a technique for hiding a mobile node’s location movement information from eavesdroppers during route optimization and as well as from its correspondent node during reverse tunneling. The proposed technique is highly efficient and fully compatible with the base Mobile IPv6 operation.
