Next generation wireless networks (NGWN) will be an integration of heterogeneous wireless
access networks that will interwork over an IP‐based infrastructure. This all‐IP vision has led …

Mobility management, with provision of seamless handoff and quality of service (QoS)
guarantees, is one of the key issues in next generation or 4G wireless networks (NGWN/4G) …

Next generation wireless networks (NGWN) or 4G are envisioned to be a combination of
different architectures and wireless technologies. This brings several design and …

Mobility management, integration and interworking of existing wireless systems are
important factors to obtain seamless roaming and services continuity in next generation or …

The deployment of different types of wireless technologies led to additional challenges to the
issue of mobility management in next generation wireless networks. In addition to the …

A prospective next generation wireless network is expected to integrate harmoniously into
an IP-based core network. It is widely anticipated that IP-layer handover is a feasible …

This chapter provides a survey of IP layer mobility management protocols in next generation
wireless networks. In all-IP-based next generation wireless networks, mobile nodes freely …

Most of the current mobility management protocols such as the mobile IPv4 or mobile IPv6
and its variants standardized by the IETF do not support global seamless handover. This is …

Integration of various wireless access technologies is one of the major concerns in recent
wireless systems in which multi-technology mobile devices are provided to users to roam …

The next generation wireless networks will comprise interworking heterogeneous wireless
access network technologies. The interworking of these networks will enable access …