NDLI: Fast and seamless handover for secure mobile industrial applications with 802.11r

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Author	Tabassam, A.A. Trsek, H. Heiss, S. Jasperneite, J.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: inIT - Institut Industrial IT, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, 32657-Lemgo, Germany (Tabassam, A.A.; Trsek, H.; Heiss, S.; Jasperneite, J.)
Abstract	Concerning its temporal behavior the latency caused by a handover from one access point (AP) to another is of particular interest for mobile industrial applications, e.g. automated guided vehicles, due to their real-time requirements in the range of a few milliseconds. With the advancements of wireless local area networks, fast roaming support has become one of the most important issues in IEEE 802.11. The IEEE 802.11r standard amendment has been specified to address roaming capabilities of real-time applications with an attempt to minimize BSS transition time while still providing the 802.11i security and 802.11e QoS. 802.11r permits seamless connectivity with a fast and secure handover from one AP to another within the same mobility domain. It provides an opportunity to derive encryption keys prior to a reassociation to reduce the connectivity loss during the handover. It also provides features for resource reservation and central mobility management. This paper presents an implementation of 802.11r based on a Linux operating system. It uses a softMAC approach that allows moving the processing of MAC layer management entity (MLME) from kernelspace to userspace. Measurement results show the performance gain of 802.11r as compared to a legacy implementation in terms of a handover time reduction, which is a core requirement of wireless industrial networks.
Starting Page	750
Ending Page	757
File Size	877135
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424444885
ISSN	07421303
DOI	10.1109/LCN.2009.5355069
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-10-20
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Roaming Delay Vehicles Wireless LAN Cryptography Mobile radio mobility management Linux Operating systems Gain measurement Time measurement Extensible Authentication Protocol Wireless Industrial Networks 802.11r Basic Service Set Transition Fast Handover
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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