• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.139-144
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• 2007

The mobile terminal's frequent changes to the access point introduce significant network overhead in mobile IP networks. To solve this problem, we introduce a hierarchical structure with consideration given to the dynamic value of neighbor scope in IP regional registration[1]. When a mobile terminal moves within the neighbor given by the scope value, it makes registration locally without registration with its home agent. We analyze the algorithm mathematically and show the numerical results. As a result, optimization of the scope value for the localized registration under the hierarchical structure makes the proposed scheme outperform the standard mobile IP protocol[2]. This can be explained from the fact that there is only local registration for terminal's movement within the scope region. Moreover, as the signaling cost for home agent increases, the proposed scheme becomes more advantageous.