
C HAPTER
9
A Look Ahead
In this final chapter, Kent Leung presents current work and future directions for Mobile IP.
Topics include the challenges of multiaccess technologies in public networks; wireless
LAN (WLAN) mobility in the Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network (SWAN)
architecture; authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)–based key generation;
Mobile IP for IPv6; and finally, an introduction to nonstructured mobility.
Mobile IP and Public Access Networks
Chapter 6, “Metro Mobility: Client-Based Mobile IP,” looked at many of the features
necessary to deploy metropolitan mobility solutions. This chapter examines some common
public-access ...