Mobile Video with Mobile IPv6

ABOUT THE AUTHOR xiii

1 THE MOBILE USER ENVIRONMENT: SMART PHONES, PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS (PMPs), AND TABLETS 1

1.1 Introduction / 1

1.2 Basic MIPv6 Operation / 3

1.3 Entertainment Video Trends / 10

1.4 Scope of Investigation / 14

Appendix 1.1A: Statistics / 15

Appendix 1.1B: Bibliography / 16

References / 18

2 IPv6BASICS 19

2.1 Overview and Motivations / 19

2.2 Address Capabilities / 23

2.2.1 IPv4 Addressing and Issues / 23

2.2.2 IPv6 Address Space / 24

2.3 IPv6 Protocol Overview / 29

2.4 IPv6 Tunneling / 37

2.5 IPsec in IPv6 / 40

2.6 Header Compression Schemes / 40

2.7 Quality of Service In IPv6 / 44

2.8 Migration Strategies to IPv6 / 45

2.8.1 Technical Approaches / 45

2.8.2 Residential Broadband Services in an IPv6 Environment / 48

2.8.3 Deployment Opportunities / 50

References / 53

3 MOBILE IPv6 MECHANISMS 55

3.1 Overview / 55

3.2 Protocol Details / 63

3.2.1 Generic Mechanisms / 63

3.2.2 New IPv6 Protocol, Message Types, and Destination Option / 67

3.2.3 Modifications to IPv6 Neighbor Discovery / 74

3.2.4 Requirements for Various IPv6 Nodes / 74

3.2.5 Correspondent Node Operation / 77

3.2.6 Home Agent Node Operation / 82

3.2.7 Mobile Node Operation / 82

3.2.8 Relationship to IPV4 Mobile IPv4 / 86

References / 88

4 ADVANCED FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF MIPv6-RELATED PROTOCOLS—PART 1 89

4.1 Network Mobility Basic Support Protocol / 89

4.2 Mobile IPv6 Fast Handovers / 94

4.2.1 General Approach / 94

4.2.2 3G Networks Approach / 102

4.3 Multiple Care-of Addresses Registration / 104

4.3.1 Overview / 104

4.3.2 MIPv6 Extensions / 105

4.4 Mobile Node Identifier Option for MIPv6 / 106

4.5 Mobile IPv6 Management Information Base / 107

4.6 Sockets API For Mobile IPv6 / 109

References / 111

5 ADVANCED FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF MIPv6-RELATED PROTOCOLS—PART 2 112

5.1 Dual-Stack MIPv6 / 112

5.2 Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 / 116

5.3 Flow Bindings in Mobile IPv6 and NEMO / 119

5.4 Multihoming Approaches in NEMO / 122

5.5 Bootstrapping MIPv6 Information / 127

5.5.1 Basic Approach / 128

5.5.2 Mobile IPv6 Bootstrapping in Split Scenario / 128

5.6 Diameter Mobile IPv6 / 132

5.6.1 RFC 5447—Authentication Using AAA Infrastructures / 132

5.6.2 RFC 5778—Authentication Using the Internet Key Exchange v2 / 134

5.7 Miscellaneous MIPv6 Capabilities / 137

5.7.1 Mobile IPv6 Vendor Specific Option / 137

5.7.2 MIPv6 Experimental Messages / 137

5.7.3 Service Selection for MIPv6 / 138

References / 139

6 PROXY MOBILE IPv6 141

6.1 Basic Proxy Mechanisms / 144

6.1.1 Proxy Mobile IPv6 Protocol Overview / 145

6.1.2 Signaling Call Flow / 147

6.1.3 PM IPv6 Protocol Security / 149

6.1.4 Messages / 149

6.1.5 Operations / 150

6.1.6 Summary / 153

6.2 Transient Binding / 153

6.2.1 Overview / 153

6.2.2 Use of Transient Binding Cache Entries / 155

6.3 Local Mobility Anchor Discovery / 156

6.4 Localized Routing/Direct Routing / 157

6.5 IPv4 Support for Proxy Mobile IPv6 / 159

6.5.1 Overview / 159

6.5.2 IPv4 Home Address Mobility Support / 162

6.5.3 IPv4 Transport Support / 164

6.5.4 Localized Routing IPv4 Considerations / 166

Appendix 6A: Network-Based Localized Mobility Management / 167

6A.1 Background / 167

6A.2 The Local Mobility Problem / 168

References / 171

7 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR MIPv6 173

7.1 Using IPsec to Protect MIPv6 Signaling Between Mobile Nodes and Home Agents / 173

7.1.1 Payload Packets / 174

7.1.2 Required Capabilities / 175

7.2 MIPv6 Operation with IKEv2 and Revised IPsec Architecture / 176

7.2.1 Packet Formats / 176

7.2.2 Requirements / 176

7.3 Securing Mobile IPv6 Route Optimization Using a Static Shared Key / 181

7.4 Enhanced Security in Route Optimization / 182

7.5 Mobile IPv6 and Firewalls / 185

7.6 Non-IPsec Authentication Protocol For MIPv6 / 185

7.7 IP Address Location Privacy / 186

7.8 Use of Secure Neighbor Discovery / 187

7.9 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting in MIPv6 / 188

7.10 Diameter Proxy Mobile IPv6 Approaches / 188

References / 189

8 MOBILE VIDEO AND VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES 190

8.1 Overview / 190

8.1.1 Quality of Experience Aspects / 195

8.1.2 QoS Aspects / 204

8.2 3/4G Services and Video Applications / 208

8.2.1 IETF IPv4/Mobile IPv4/IPv6 / 209

8.2.2 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System / 209

8.2.3 Long Term Evolution / 210

8.3 Streaming Protocols and Approaches / 223

8.3.1 Streaming / 223

8.3.2 Content Distribution Networks / 234

8.3.3 P2P Networks / 235

8.3.4 Cloud Computing / 236

8.4 MIPv6 Support in CDMA2000/WiMAX Video Environments / 238

8.5 Other Mobile Video Approaches / 240

8.5.1 ETSI Digital Video Broadcast Handheld / 240

8.5.2 Open Mobile Video Coalition Mobile Digital TV / 245

References / 252

GLOSSARY 255

INDEX 273