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21-06-0489-00-0000-MIH_Neighbor_Information
IEEE 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER
DCN:21-06-0489-00-0000-MIH_Neighbor_Information
Title: Neighbor Information Considerations in Heterogeneous
Handovers
Date Submitted: January 2006
Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #12 at Hawaii
Authors or Source(s):
Xiaoyu Liu, Samsung AIT
Abstract: This is a presentation on how to deal with Neighbor
Information issues in Handovers across Heterogeneous
Networks
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Neighbor Information
Considerations in MIH
Presenter
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Agenda
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Introduction
Basic Issues of Neighbor Information
Key Components in Std.
A Case Study of MIH Neighbor Issues
Conclusion
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References
• 802.21 MIH
– Draft P802-21-D00-04
– 21-05-0401-03-0000-IE_TLV_Representation.doc
• Media Specific Neighbors
– 802.11k Neighbor Reports
– 802.16e
– Cellular Networks
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Basic Issues for MIH Neighbor
Information
• [1-1] From the perspective of a terminal, how to get
the heterogeneous neighbor information?
– A mechanism for POS to provide the neighbor information
– Assume that neighbor information is already available in the
network
• [1-2] From the perspective of a network, how to get
the heterogeneous neighbor information?
– A mechanism for POS to collect or update the neighbor
information
– To meet the assumption of [1-1]
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Key Components in Std. regarding MIH
Neighbor Information
• [2-1] Neighbor Report
– Information Element contained in the Neighbor Report
• [2-2] Primitives of the related SAPs
• [2-3] MIH Protocol
– Messages and related formats exchanged between
terminal and the network
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MIIS and Neighbor Information
• Relationship between MIIS and Neighbor Information
– Neighbor information could be obtained from MIIS services.
– MIH Neighbor Report may consist of the IEs defined in MIIS.
• Similar to MIIS IEs, the MIH Neighbor Information may be
classified into:
– Neighbor Information regarding General Network Information
– Neighbor Information regarding Access Network Specific Information
– Neighbor information regarding POA Specific Information
• Note:
– Section 6.3.1 (D00-04 ) mentioned ‘neighbor reports’, ‘neighbor maps’,
‘neighboring …’, ‘neighbor information’, etc., but does not have a
‘explicit’ concept for MIH neighbor information/reports.
– A particular bullets to introduce a concept about the MIH Neighbor
Information (or MIH Neighbor Graph) might be helpful.
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A Case Study of Issue [1-1]
• Assumptions
– A client in WLAN access network is interested in getting neighbor
information of heterogeneous networks, WMAN and UMTS in this
example.
– POS in the WLAN access network maintains the neighbor information
and may derive the neighbor understands that which BS in WMAN and
UMTSA are the neighbors of the WLAN AP to which the client
currently connected.
– The following steps are based on the D00-04 and contribution (21-050401-03-0000).
• Step [1-1-a]
– L3MP in a terminal issues a request to MIH in the terminal for the MIH
Neighbor Information
– Solution: A primitive in MIH_SAP setting appropriate QueryFilter and
QueryParameters; MIH Get Information.request may do this work.
– Note: No definition for the primitive MIH_Get_Information in Table 8
(entry 23) in D00-04
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A Case Study of Issue [1-1]
• Step [1-1-b]
– MIH in a terminal issues a request to MAC or IP in a terminal for MIH
Neighbor Information
– Solution: MIH_Information.request setting appropriate QueryFilter and
QueryParameters
– Note:
• 7.4.15.1MIH_Information.request is not consistent with the flow chart in 6.3.5.
• The description in 7.4.15.1.3 ‘this primitive is generated by a "NETWORK"
L3MP…’ is not correct.
• If the primitive is sent to MAC, it may not be appropriate to classify it to ‘MIH_SAP’
which is between MIH and L3MP.
• Step [1-1-c]
– MAC or IP generates Information Request Frame and transport from the
terminal to network
– Solution: Information Request in 4.1/4.2/4.3 (21-05-0401-03) may do this work.
– Note:
• Information Request should be part of 8.4.5 MIH Message Data. The related part in
the MIH protocol should also be specified.
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A Case Study of Issue [1-1]
• Step [1-1-d]
– Peer MIH in the network receive ‘indication’ from MAC or IP for MIH Neighbor
Information request
– Note:
• MIH_Information.indication is not shown in D00-04
• Step [1-1-e]
– Peer MIH in the network issues a response to MAC or IP in the network to respond to the
request for MIH Neighbor Information
– Solution: MIH_Information.response with MIH_REPORT which may contain the
Neighbor Information
– Note:
• MIH_REPORT is not specified in D00-04.
• Step [1-1-f]
– MAC or IP in the network generates Information Response Frame and transport from the
network back to the terminal
– Solution: Information Response in 4.1/4.2/4.3 (21-05-0401-03) may do this work.
– Note:
• The Information Response should be part of 8.4.5 MIH Message Data. The related part in the MIH
protocol should also be specified.
• Should make MIH_REPORT and Information Response consistent.
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A Case Study of Issue [1-1]
• Step [1-1-g]
– MIH in the terminal receive ‘confirmation’ from MAC or IP for MIH Neighbor
Information
– Note: MIH_Information.confirmation is not shown in D00-04
• Step [1-1-h]
– MIH in the terminal issues a response to L3MP in the terminal to for the retrieved MIH
Neighbor Information
– Solution: MIH Get Information.response may do this work.
– Note:
• No definition for the primitive MIH_Get_Information in Table 8 (entry 23) in D00-04
• Summary of the Proposals for Issue [1-1]
– Primitives
• MIH-SAP: MIH Get Information.request/response
• MIH-SAP: MIH_Information.request/response/indication/confirmation
– MIH Protocol
• Information Request/Response Frames
– Neighbor Report
– MIH_REPORT
– IEs: MIIS IEs
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Neighbor Information Issue [1-2]
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You may manually configure the MIIS Server and MIH Neighbor Information, but
– Heavy administrative load for a big heterogeneous network and …
– It is really difficult for 802.21 MIH to support a highly dynamic topology, for example
Multi-Hop Relay or Client Mesh networks (although at current stage 802.21 MIH
assumes the infra-structured networks).
– Above is the motivation for a mechanism for POS to collect or update the MIIS as well as
the Neighbor Information.
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Possible Approaches
– Exchange MIIS/Neighborhood renew information within network (Reference Point
R5/R4) whenever the topology changes, and/or
– Exchange MIIS/Neighborhood renew information between terminal and network
(Reference Point R1/R2/R3).
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Related Components in Std
– Primitives
• MIH_SAP: MIH Renew Information.request/response
– MIH Protocol
• Information Renew Request/Response Frames
– Neighbor Report Renew
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Other Considerations
• Static vs. Dynamic Neighbor information
– Since the IEs defined in MIIS are static, i.e., if MIH
Neighbor Report consists only the MIIS IEs, it would
be static.
– Media Specific neighbor information may include some
dynamic info.
• Primitives
– MIH Neighbor Information use the same set of
primitives as MIIS or a different set of primitives?
– For example: MIH_Neighbor_Report.request
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Conclusion
• Neighbor information report is an important use case
of MIIS during handover.
– By combination of QueryFilter and QueryParameters,
Neighbor Information may be derived from the current
mechanisms for MIIS, but mainly for static information
– Dedicated set of primitives for Neighbor Information is
preferred.
• There are still some inconsistencies and missing
things in the current draft.
• Dynamic update for MIIS server and Neighbor
Information are suggested.
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Feedback?
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Backup Slide: Neighbor Report in 802.11k
• Information Element
– Neighbor Report Element
• Element ID
• Length
• Neighbor List
– {BSSID, BSSID Information, Channel Number, Regulatory Class, PHY Options, TSF
Offset}
• Action Frames
– Neighbor Report Request frame
– Neighbor Report Response frame
• Primitives
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MLME-NEIGHBORREP.request
MLME-NEIGHBORREP.confirm
MLME-NEIGHBORREP.indication
MLME-NEIGHBORREP.response
• Usage of Neighbor Report
– An overview of the basic mechanisms
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