Security-effective fast authentication mechanism for network mobility in proxy mobile IPv6 networks

Abstract

This paper reinforced security under the network evaluation of wire/wireless integration of NEMO (NEwork MObility) supporting mobility and network-based PMIPv6 (Proxy Mobile IPv6). It also proposes SK-L 2AM (Symmetric Key-Based Local-Lighted Authentication Mechanism) based on simple key which reduces code calculation and authentication delay costs. Moreover, fast handoff technique was also adopted to reduce handoff delay time in PMIPv6 and X-FPMIPv6 (eXtension of Fast Handoff for PMIPv6) was used to support global mobility. In addition, AX-FPMIPv6 (Authentication eXtension of Fast Handoff for PMIPv6) is proposed which integrated SK-L 2AM and X-FPMIPv6 by applying Piggybacks method to reduce the overhead of authentication and signaling. The AX-FPMIPv6 technique suggested in this paper shows that this technique is better than the existing schemes in authentication and handoff delay according to the performance analysis. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.