Raj,

Although many of the proposed solutions are based on Mobile IPv6, I think it is 
not the intension in the requirement REQ-1 to imply which functions are to be 
defined or distributed. If it sounds so, we should reword it.

H Anthony Chan


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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 1:02 PM
To: h chan; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-1: Distributed deployment


Hi Anthony,

When you refer to " the functions of mobility management " do you implicitly 
assume that to be the Home Agent?
Or is there an assumption that there could be new elements as well to enable 
such distributed mobility?

One of the underlying aspects of DMM (AFAICT) is to use Mobile IPv6. And hence 
the question above.

-Raj

From: ext chan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012 12:55 PM
To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [DMM] draft requirement REQ-1: Distributed deployment

REQ-1: Distributed deployment
IP mobility, network access and routing solutions provided by DMM SHALL enable 
the functions of mobility management of IP sessions to be distributed so that 
the traffic is routed in an optimal manner without relying on centrally 
deployed anchors.

REQ-1M (Motivation for REQ-1)
The goals of this requirement are to
match mobility deployment with current trend in network evolution: more cost 
and resource effective to cache and distribute contents when combining 
distributed anchors with caching systems (e.g., CDN); improve scalability; 
reduce signaling overhead; avoid single point of failure; mitigate threats 
being focused on a centrally deployed anchor, e.g., home agent and local 
mobility anchor.

RELEVANT problems:
PS1: Non-optimal routes
Routing via a centralized anchor often results in a longer route, and the 
problem is especially manifested when accessing a local or cache server of a 
Content Delivery Network (CDN).
PS2: Non-optimality in Evolved Network Architecture
The centralized mobility management can become non-optimal as Network 
architecture evolves and become more flattened.
PS3: Low scalability of centralized route and mobility context maintenance
Setting up such special routes and maintaining the mobility context for each MN 
is more difficult to scale in a centralized design with a large number of MNs. 
Distributing the route maintenance function and the mobility context 
maintenance function among different networks can be more scalable.
PS4: Single point of failure and attack
Centralized anchoring may be more vulnerable to single point of failure and 
attack than a distributed system.

(The above is drafted with contributions, inputs and discussions from various 
people. Additional contributions and comments are most welcome.)

H Anthony Chan



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