Abstract
A wireless ATM system consists of a core network infrastructure that provides mobility support to end terminals and a wireless access link. This article outlines two schemes for supporting mobility of IP terminals in this network. In the first scheme, location management and handoff support is integrated within the ATM signaling and control framework ("mobile ATM"), and mobility is transparently supported at the IP layer by mobile ATM underneath. In the second approach, the IP protocol stack is directly executed on ATM switches (without an intermediate ATM signaling stack) using an IP switching technique called IPSOFACTO, and terminal mobility is supported via Mobile IP.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 84-88 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | IEEE Communications Magazine |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering