Dynamic Index NAT as a Mobility Solution in OMNeT++

Abstract

Mobility in wireless networks causes a major issue from the IP-addressing perspective. When a Mobile Node (MN) moves to another subnet, it will probably get assigned a new IP address. This causes a routing problem since the MN will not be reachable with its previous IP address known to the other communication party. Real time applications might suffer from connection drops, which is recognized as inconvenience in the currently used service, unless some solution is provided. An approach to maintain session continuity while traversing heterogeneous networks of different subnet addresses is proposed. Here, a cross-layer module is implemented in OMNeT++ with NAT functionality to provide a seamless handover. A proof of concept is also shown with analogy to the Mobile IPv6 protocol provided in INET.