@techreport{yousaf-ietf-network-mhdcar-00, number = {draft-yousaf-ietf-network-mhdcar-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yousaf-ietf-network-mhdcar/00/}, author = {Faqir Yousaf and Christian Wietfeld}, title = {{Multi-Hop Discovery of Candidate Access Routers (MHD-CAR)}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2008, month = apr, day = 23, abstract = {The Candidate Access Router Discovery (CARD) protocol specified in {[}1{]} is aimed to enable seamless IP layer handover by aiding seamless Layer 3 (L3) mobility management protocols like Fast Mobile IP (FMIP) by providing identity and capabilities information of the candidate access routers (CARs) to the mobile node (MN) prior to the initiation of handover while the MN is still connected to its current AR. The specifications as laid down in {[}1{]}, however, specifies a very generic mechanism of the CARD protocol effective only in specific network architecture scenarios and it doesn't take into account the stringent requirements of a fast moving MN and real time communication sessions, especially when it comes to resolving candidate access routers that my be adjacent geographically but not topologically. This draft addresses the expected shortcomings of the base CARD protocol with respect to fast moving MNs and real time communication sessions by proposing extensions that is expected to improve and/or enhance the performance of the generic CARD protocol as specified in {[}1{]}.}, }