The Reconfigurable IP Mobility Component: Evaluation of Single Protocol Operation

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a reconfigurable mobile terminal focusing on IP mobility protocols. The presented terminal architecture is capable of dynamically modifying its operation so as to employ the mobility services offered from the visited access networks. The fundamental concept in the architecture is that mobility protocols terminal operation can be modeled with a certain group of functional abstractions. As a consequence, only a few particular functional parts of the architecture need to be modified so as to implement a new mobility protocol. Evaluation results show that the terminal performance complies with the expected behavior and, further, that the reconfiguration process is accomplished within a few milliseconds.