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In short, Mobile IPv6 handoff is a technique for transparent switching
of IPv6 traffic. It operates in the network layer, preserves optimal routing
between the machines involved, and does not require any shared frontend.
In other words, it allows for implementing a full-fledged TCP handoff between
machines scattered over a wide-area network without requiring them to share
any physical connection to that network. You can find all the details about
Mobile IPv6 handoffs in this paper.
The video clips below show Mobile IPv6 handoffs in action:
- Clip 1 introduces our Mobile IPv6 testbed.
- Clip 2 presents periodical
handoffs between servers streaming different versions of the same video content.
- Clip 3 demonstrates how
on-demand handoffs allow for balancing load between the two video servers.
- Clip 4 explains how Mobile
IPv6 handoffs allow for recovering client connections after server crashes.
- Clip 5 proves that connection
recovery can be made transparent with enough client-side buffering of video
content.
Enjoy!
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