On supporting mobility and multihoming in recursive internet architectures

Abstract

As the Internet has evolved and grown, an increasing number of nodes (hosts or autonomous systems) have become multihomed, i.e., a node is connected to more than one network. Mobility can be viewed as a special case of multihoming-as a node moves, it unsubscribes from one network and subscribes to another, which is akin to one interface becoming inactive and another active. The current Internet architecture has been facing significant challenges in effectively dealing with multihoming (and consequently mobility), which has led to the emergence of several custom point-solutions. The Recursive InterNetwork Architecture (RINA) was recently proposed as a clean-slate solution to the current problems of the Internet. In this paper, we present a specification of the process of ROuting in Recursive Architectures (RORA). We also perform an average-case cost analysis to compare the multihoming / mobility support of RINA, against that of other approaches such as LISP and Mobile-IP. Extensive experimental results confirm the premise that the RINA architecture and its RORA routing approach are inherently better suited for supporting mobility and multihoming.

Scalable topological forwarding and routing policies in RINA‐enabled programmable data centers

“…Our work extensively builds on this property to minimize the size of forwarding tables and routing overhead. This naming and addressing approach avoids the use of default ports or the need to tie addresses to forwarding interfaces, providing a higher degree of scalability and facilitating multihoming and mobility of IPCP . Moreover, security is improved, as now flows between nodes in an N‐level DIF must be requested to, and allocated via, N‐1 DIFs to know the N‐1 address and port, which also facilitates the monitoring of flows …”

“…This naming and addressing approach avoids the use of default ports or the need to tie addresses to forwarding interfaces, providing a higher degree of scalability and facilitating multihoming and mobility of IPCP. 21 Moreover, security is improved, as now flows between nodes in an N-level DIF must be requested to, and allocated via, N-1 DIFs to know the N-1 address and port, which also facilitates the monitoring of flows. 22 While all DIFs provide the same kind of service to upper processes, the characteristics of the offered service may vary between DIFs, as mentioned above.…”

Vehicular Networking in the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture

“…Networking is defined as "Inter-Process Communication" [1] and application processes should be supported by an IPC Facility. RINA has several characteristics and features required for vehicular networks such as efficient multi-homing support [3] and strong security [4]. This paper analyses how vehicular networks can benefit from RINA and how RINA can support vehicular networks.…”

Introducing ProtoRINA

“…A DIF layer could also be a slice/layer over lower level slices. RINA references on mobility [10], security [11], and layer discovery [12], together with other detailed information can be found at [1].…”