End-To-End Mobility for the Internet Using ILNP

Table 2

Comparison of selected mobility management solutions.

Attribute	MIPv4	MIPv6	PMIPv6	LISP	HIP	SHIM6	ILNP
Mobility management	Network-based	Network-based	Network-based	Network-based	Host-based	Host-based	Host-based
Additional infrastructure	HA & FA	HA	LMA & MAG	Mapping System	RVS (optional)	-	-
MN modification	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Operating layer	L3	L3	L3	L3	L3 &  ‘HIP’	L3 &  ‘shim’	L3
MN addressing	HoA & CoA	HoA & CoA	HoA & CoA	EID & RLOC	HI & IP	ULID & L	NID & L64
Re-use of IP address	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Supported legacy address space	IPv4	IPv6	IPv6	IPv4/IPv6	IPv4/IPv6	IPv6	/IPv6
Concurrent multipath transfer	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Tunneling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Standardisation	IETF (PS)	IETF (PS)	IETF (PS)	IETF (E)	IETF (PS)	IETF (PS)	IRTF (E)

Technically possible, deployability unclear.
CoA: care-of address.
EID: endpoint identifier.
FA: foreign agent.
HA: home agent.
HI: Host Identifier.
HoA: home address.
L: locator.
L64: locator.
LMA: Local Mobility Anchor.
MAG: Mobile Access Gateway.
NID: node identifier.
RLOC: Routing Locator.
RVS: Rendezvous Server.
ULID: Upper Layer Identifier.