University of Bonn

Institute of Computer Science IV

Communication Systems

Abstract:

Handoff Support for Mobility with IP over Bluetooth

Simon Baatz, Matthias Frank, Rolf Göpffarth, Dmitri Kassatkine, Peter Martini, Markus Schetelig, Asko Vilavaara

The BLUEPAC (Bluetooth Public ACcess) concepts presented at LCN 1999 were ideas for enabling mobile Bluetooth devices to access local area networks in public areas, such as airports, train stations and super-markets. The proposed protocols support mobility on OSI layer 3. This paper concentrates on the necessary layer 2 protocol concepts for supporting mobility and handoffs between different access points. Furthermore, we present the necessary adaptations for allowing IP datagrams to be ex-changed between the mobile Bluetooth devices and access points. The BLUEPAC protocol concepts have been im-plemented above a Bluetooth emulation system to test their feasibility. First results clearly showed the importance of minimizing the handoff duration to allow efficient operation of upper layer protocols such as TCP.

Keywords: Bluetooth, IP services, Mobile IP, Cellular IP, wireless networks, network protocol design

Published in Proc. of the 25th Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2000, Tampa, Florida, November 2000, pp. 143-154

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