PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE FOR ACCESS MOBILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Media Independent Handover (MIH) messages are mapped into DIAMETER messages and communicated with peer MIH entities using DIAMETER. Local MIH messages may also be communicated using DIAMETER. In one embodiment, IEEE 802.21 MIH messages are mapped into DIAMETER messages. IEEE 802.21 information elements (IEs) are transported over DIAMETER as attribute value pairs (AVPs). New DIAMETER Command Codes and Command flags may be defined to indicate message type. Secure IP based transport and discovery and capability negotiation may be performed using MIH over DIAMETER.