A Taxonomy and Analysis of Enhancements to Mobile IPv6 Route Optimization
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Jari Arkko
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Christian Vogt
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Network Working Group C. Vogt
Request for Comments: 4651 Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH)
Category: Informational J. Arkko
Ericsson Research NomadicLab
February 2007
A Taxonomy and Analysis of Enhancements to
Mobile IPv6 Route Optimization
Status of This Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).
IESG Note:
This RFC is a product of the Internet Research Task Force and is not
a candidate for any level of Internet Standard. The IRTF publishes
the results of Internet-related research and development activities.
These results might not be suitable for deployment.
Abstract
This document describes and evaluates strategies to enhance Mobile
IPv6 Route Optimization, on the basis of existing proposals, in order
to motivate and guide further research in this context. This
document is a product of the IP Mobility Optimizations (MobOpts)
Research Group.
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RFC 4651 MIP6 Route Optimization Enhancements February 2007
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. A Note on Public-Key Infrastructures .......................4
1.2. A Note on Source Address Filtering .........................5
2. Objectives for Route Optimization Enhancement ...................7
2.1. Latency Optimizations ......................................8
2.2. Security Enhancements ......................................8
2.3. Signaling Optimizations ....................................9
2.4. Robustness Enhancements ....................................9
3. Enhancements Toolbox ............................................9
3.1. IP Address Tests ..........................................10
3.2. Protected Tunnels .........................................10
3.3. Optimistic Behavior .......................................11
3.4. Proactive IP Address Tests ................................11
3.5. Concurrent Care-of Address Tests ..........................12
3.6. Diverted Routing ..........................................13
3.7. Credit-Based Authorization ................................14
3.8. Heuristic Monitoring ......................................17
3.9. Crypto-Based Identifiers ..................................18
3.10. Pre-Configuration ........................................19
3.11. Semi-Permanent Security Associations .....................20
3.12. Delegation ...............................................21
3.13. Mobile Networks ..........................................21
3.14. Location Privacy .........................................22
4. Discussion .....................................................22
4.1. Cross-Layer Interactions ..................................23
4.2. Experimentation and Measurements ..........................23
4.3. Future Research ...........................................24
5. Security Considerations ........................................24
6. Conclusions ....................................................25
7. Acknowledgments ................................................25
8. References .....................................................26
8.1. Normative References ......................................26
8.2. Informative References ....................................26
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1. Introduction
Mobility support for IPv6, or Mobile IPv6, enables mobile nodes to
migrate active transport connections and application sessions from
one IPv6 address to another. The Mobile IPv6 specification, RFC 3775
[1], introduces a "home agent", which proxies a mobile node at a
permanent "home address". A roaming mobile node connects to the home
agent through a bidirectional tunnel and can so communicate, from its
local "care-of address", as if it was present at the home address.
The mobile node keeps the home agent updated on its current care-of
address via IPsec-protected signaling messages [40].
In case the correspondent node lacks appropriate mobility support, it
communicates with the mobile node's home address, and thus all data
packets are routed via the home agent. This mode, Bidirectional
Tunneling, increases packet-propagation delays. RFC 3775 hence
defines an additional mode for Route Optimization, which allows peers
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