Method of forming a local mobility domain and a local mobility agent and apparatus therefor

摘要

A method and apparatus for establishing a local mobility domain (LMD) and a local mobility agent (LMA) on a mobile terminal using Internet Protocol version IPv6 are provided. The provided method of forming an LMD generates a list of routers within a domain defined by an established hop-count while surrounding a predetermined access router (AR) and establishes the ARs included in the list as an LMD, which has the predetermined AR as a center router. The provided method of establishing an LMA establishes an LMD and a router to which a mobile node has had a first access as an LMA. The provided method and apparatus do not require manual establishment of the LMD and the LMA in a localized mobility management and actively vary the LMD according to changes in a network to improve convenience and efficiency in a network management.