4G Wireless: Future of VoIP

Michael A. Ramalho (moderator)

Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems)
Dana Blair (Cisco Systems)
Phil Neumiller (3Com)

Spring VON 2001

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Session Outline
• Michael Ramalho (Cisco Systems):
– Session introduction and facilitator
– 4G Wireless Implies:
• IP (and VoIP)
VoIP to the mobile endpoint
• Seamless handoff for real-time IP streams across
heterogeneous (wireless) access technologies.
• Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems):
– Unique Aspects of 4G/Application Architecture/API efforts/ …
Walled-garden vs. bazaar/Impact of wireless LANs on 4G
• Phil Neumiller (3Com Corp, a.k.a. “Mobility Zealot at Large”):
– Overcoming 3G & legacy cellular/Spectrum allocation madness/…
3G stuff to carry to 4G / 4G Network & technology opportunities
• Dana Blair (Cisco Systems):
– 4G: “The end of the Intelligent (services) Network”
• Question and Answer Panel

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Seamless Handoff Across Heterogeneous Networks
• PRESENT – Seamless handoffs can be designed for
homogeneous networks – usually with limited participation
of the mobile node (MN) in the decision.
• FUTURE – For IP to mobile node (MN) applications where
there is a multiplicity of potential (wireless) access
technologies:
–What functionality is required in the MN and Access Router
(AR) to facilitate seamless transfer (network or MN initiated)?
–What QoS, AAA, Security infrastructure changes are needed?
• CHALLENGE – How do we help facilitate the future vision
during transition from 3G and legacy cellular?
• ASSUMPTIONS:
– Base IPv6 spec has fundamental mobile IP functionality
– Multiplicity of (wireless) access technologies exist in
a particular geography
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 Mobile IPv6 (data, non-real-time)

Wireless
Mobility
Server IPv6
DHCP
Network
GPRS Backbone
IP Network
Mobile IPv6
BTS Binding Corresponding
Same Care of Update Node
Address

BTS
Internet

IPv6
Internet
Mobility Wireless DHCP
Server
IPv6
GPRS Backbone
Home Agent
IP Network
Network
BTS
Mobile Node

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 Mobile IPv6 (data, non-real-time)

Wireless
Mobility
Server IPv6
DHCP
Network
GPRS Backbone No Mobile IP
IP Network Binding
BTS Update
Corresponding
Same Care of Node
Address
Micro-Mobility
Managed
Locally
BTS
Internet

IPv6
Internet
Mobility Wireless DHCP
Server
IPv6
GPRS Backbone
Home Agent
IP Network
Network
BTS
Mobile Node

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 Mobile IPv6 (data, non-real-time)

Wireless
Mobility
Server IPv6
DHCP
Network
GPRS Backbone
IP Network
BTS Corresponding
Same Care of Node
Address

BTS
Internet
New Care of
Address
IPv6
Internet
Mobility Wireless DHCP
Server
IPv6
GPRS Backbone
Home Agent
IP Network
Network
BTS
Mobile Node

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 Mobile IPv6 (data, non-real-time)

Wireless
Mobility
Server IPv6
DHCP
Network
GPRS Backbone
IP Network
BTS Corresponding
Same Care of Node
Address

New Mobile IPv6

BTS Binding Update
Needed! Internet
New Care of
Address
IPv6
Internet
Mobility Wireless DHCP
Server
IPv6
GPRS Backbone
Home Agent
IP Network
Network
BTS
Mobile Node

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 Real-Time MobileIPv6 Handoff
Wireless
Mobility
Server IPv6
DHCP
Network
GPRS Backbone Generalized
IP Network AAA/HSS
BTS Corresponding
Node
Same Care of QoS/COPS
Address Security
IPv6
•Forwarding Tunnels
BTS Internet
(in-flight packets) Internet
New Care of
Address •Context Transfer

Mobility
Wireless
DHCP
Server IPv6
GPRS Backbone
Generalized
AAA/HSS Home Agent
Network
IP Network
BTS
Mobile Node
Generalized
QoS/COPS
Security AAA/HSS
Real-Time Mobile IPv6 supports:
•Make before break or break before make
•Network initiated or mobile initiated handoff triggers
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 4G VoIP Technology -
Opportunities/Threats

• A multiplicity of wireless access technologies exist in a

particular geography
• Handoffs of real-time IP streams are independent of access
technology!
Corollary: Service provider is not “locked-in” to a particular access
technology!

• Off-load of expensive spectrum with lower cost

access technologies (802.11/unlicensed spectrum)
• Business models that exploit 4G technologies yet to be derived
(exploit statistical characteristics of mobility)

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 4G Wireless Status

• Work begun in IETF in Seamoby and

Mobile IP Working Groups.
– draft-blair-rt-mobileipv6-seamoby-00.txt
• Many companies are working on architectures and
prototype hardware to demonstrate feasibility and
to determine seamlessness performance in
cross-technology handoff cases.
• More opinionated people follow ……….

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Session Outline
• Michael Ramalho (Cisco Systems):
– Session Introduction and Facilitator
– 4G Wireless Implies:
• IP (and VoIP)
VoIP to the mobile endpoint
• Seamless handoff for real-time IP streams across
heterogeneous (wireless) access technologies.
• Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems):
– Unique Aspects of 4G/Application Architecture/API efforts/ …
Walled-garden vs. bazaar/Impact of wireless LANs on 4G
• Phil Neumiller (3Com):
– Overcoming 3G & legacy cellular/Spectrum allocation madness/…
3G stuff to carry to 4G / 4G Network & technology opportunities
• Dana Blair (Cisco Systems):
– 4G: “The end of the Intelligent (services) Network”
• Question and Answer Panel

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Session Outline
• Michael Ramalho (Cisco Systems):
– Session introduction and facilitator
– 4G Wireless Implies:
• IP (and VoIP)
VoIP to the mobile endpoint
• Seamless handoff for real-time IP streams across
heterogeneous (wireless) access technologies.
• Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems):
– Unique Aspects of 4G/Application Architecture/API efforts/ …
Walled-garden vs. bazaar/Impact of wireless LANs on 4G
• Phil Neumiller (3Com Corp, a.k.a. “Mobility Zealot at Large”):
– Overcoming 3G & legacy cellular/Spectrum allocation madness/…
3G stuff to carry to 4G / 4G Network & technology opportunities
• Dana Blair (Cisco Systems):
– 4G: “The end of the Intelligent (services) Network”
• Question and Answer Panel

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Session Outline
• Michael Ramalho (Cisco Systems):
– Session introduction and facilitator
– 4G Wireless Implies:
• IP (and VoIP)
VoIP to the mobile endpoint
• Seamless handoff for real-time IP streams across
heterogeneous (wireless) access technologies.
• Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems):
– Unique Aspects of 4G/Application Architecture/API efforts/ …
Walled-garden vs. bazaar/Impact of wireless LANs on 4G
• Phil Neumiller (3Com Corp, a.k.a. “Mobility Zealot at Large”):
– Overcoming 3G & legacy cellular/Spectrum allocation madness/…
3G stuff to carry to 4G / 4G Network & technology opportunities
• Dana Blair (Cisco Systems):
– 4G: “The end of the Intelligent (services) Network”
• Question and Answer Panel

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 4G Wireless: Future of VoIP
Session Outline
• Michael Ramalho (Cisco Systems):
– Session introduction and facilitator
– 4G Wireless Implies:
• IP (and VoIP)
VoIP to the mobile endpoint
• Seamless handoff for real-time IP streams across
heterogeneous (wireless) access technologies.
• Mauricio Arango (Sun Microsystems):
– Unique Aspects of 4G/Application Architecture/API efforts/ …
Walled-garden vs. bazaar/Impact of wireless LANs on 4G
• Phil Neumiller (3Com Corp, a.k.a. “Mobility Zealot at Large”):
– Overcoming 3G & legacy cellular/Spectrum allocation madness/…
3G stuff to carry to 4G / 4G Network & technology opportunities
• Dana Blair (Cisco Systems):
– 4G: “The end of the Intelligent (services) Network”
• Question and Answer Panel

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 Questions?

Michael A. Ramalho, +1.732.449.5762

mramalho@cisco.com
mar42@cornell.edu
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