期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2014
卷号：59
期号：2
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：Handover is one of the essential elements that can affect the Quality of Service (QoS) and capacity of Mobile Broadband Networks. The next generation of broadband wireless networks including the IEEE802.16e standard, allow users to roam seamlessly and securely over the network. Unfortunately the current design suffers from lengthy delay between breaking of previous connection and making of next connection. This delay might not be tolerated by some of the real-time applications such as VoIP and video streaming. Therefore the need for fast and secure handover design becomes an urging necessity. This paper proposes a new handover mechanism enables fast and secure handover with minimum delay suitable for real-time applications. It should be pointed that this proposed handover protocol guarantees a forward and backward secrecy. We conducted our research using ns-2 simulation tool.
关键词：EAP-Authentication; Hard Handover; Mobile WiMAX; NS-2
