Architecture for mobile Heterogeneous Multi Domain networks

Issue title: Mobile and Wireless Networks

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Durresi, Arjan | Zhang, Ping | Durresi, Mimoza | Barolli, Leonard

Affiliations: Department of Computer and Information Science, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA | Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan

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Abstract: Multi domain networks can be used in several scenarios including military, enterprize networks, emergency networks and many other cases. In such networks, each domain might be under its own administration. Therefore, the cooperation among domains is conditioned by individual domain policies regarding sharing information, such as network topology, connectivity, mobility, security, various service availability and so on. We propose a new architecture for Heterogeneous Multi Domain (HMD) networks, in which one the operations are subject to specific domain policies. We propose a hierarchical architecture, with an infrastructure of gateways at highest-control level that enables policy based interconnection, mobility and other services among domains. Gateways are responsible for translation among different communication protocols, including routing, signalling, and security. Besides the architecture, we discuss in more details the mobility and adaptive capacity of services in HMD. We discuss the HMD scalability and other advantages compared to existing architectural and mobility solutions. Furthermore, we analyze the dynamic availability at the control level of the hierarchy.

Keywords: Network architecture, mobility, policy based networking, heterogeneous networks

DOI: 10.3233/MIS-2010-0092

Journal: Mobile Information Systems, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 49-63, 2010